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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:634-635
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Pulmonary complications following esophagectomy

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Jacobi Medical Center, 1400 Pelham Parkway South, Room 510, Bronx, NY 10461, USA

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To the Editor:

The article by Avendano and colleagues [1] reviews a series of 61 patients from a group of 96 who underwent esophagectomy for malignancy during a recent 6-year period. In a paper looking for this information it is important to know what approaches were used for the operation: three holes? Ivor Lewis? transhiatal? Other? There is no presentation of these data eventhough at one point the authors indicate that "transhiatal esophagectomy was considered the preferred route for resection of esophageal cancer for patients who were believed to be at increased risk for pulmonary complications." However an earlier paper by Sugimachi . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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