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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;77:2264
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

Esophageal perforations

James W. Pate, MD

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Tennessee, Health Science Center, 956 Court Ave, Memphis, TN 38163, USA

e-mail: jpate@utmem.edu

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To the Editor:

The excellent report on esophageal perforations by Port and colleagues [1] again demonstrates the important principle that the interval between perforation and presentation is not a valid contraindication to surgical repair even though one must expect far more major complications in those patients whose diseases . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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