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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:749-750
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Correspondence

Surgical Therapy for End-Stage Achalasia: Reply

Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Number 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Rd, Taipei, Taiwan

hsuhs@vghtpe.gov.tw

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To the Editor:

We thank Dr Gorman and colleagues for their concerns regarding the morbidity experienced by the patients in our article [1] (9 patients with end-stage achalasia who had prior failure of esophagomyotomy). According to Gorman and coauthors, we suggested that our approach for patients with end-stage achalasia and a previous failed esophagomyotomy can relieve the esophageal obstruction with less morbidity than total esophagectomy through a right thoracotomy or a transhiatal approach [2, 3]. Actually, our conclusion was that limited distal esophagectomy with short-colon interposition through . . . [Full Text of this Article]