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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:749
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

Surgical Therapy for End-Stage Achalasia

Joseph H. Gorman, III, MD, Robert C. Gorman, MD, Emest F. Rosato, MD

Department of Surgery, Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St, 6 Silverstein, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

gormanj@uphs.upenn.edu

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To the Editor:

Hsu and colleagues [1] presented a cohort of 8 patients with end-stage achalasia who had undergone unsuccessful esophagomyotomy in the distant past. All patients were treated with cardiectomy, distal esophagectomy, and replacement with a short-colon interposition using a left thoracoabdominal incision. The authors suggested that this approach relieves the esophageal obstruction with less morbidity than total esophagectomy through a right thoracotomy or a . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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