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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:2080-2081
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original article: General thoracic

Invited commentary

John M. Streitz, Jr, MD

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Duluth Clinic, 400 East 3rd St, Duluth, MN55805

(Email: jstreitz@smdc.org).

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The authors [1] present a series of 20 patients with epiphrenic diverticula who were treated using minimally invasive surgical techniques. This seems to be the largest series reported to date and is an important counterweight to the optimistic case reports and small series of similar procedures published in recent years. The authors' main message, stated in the conclusion of their abstract, is that "open surgery should remain the . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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