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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1578
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Original article: general thoracic

Invited commentary

^a General Thoracic Surgical Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA

e-mail: dmathisen@partners.org

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The search for the ideal tracheal substitute has followed many paths. Most of these paths have led to dead ends because of granulation tissue, stenosis, arterial erosion, migration, or infection. The need for such a replacement is of limited necessity because of the small number of patients requiring extensive replacement of the trachea, which cannot be managed by the surgical . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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