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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:1862
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: General Thoracic

Invited commentary

Enders K.W. Ng, MD, FRCSEd, Anthony P.C. Yim, MD, FRCS

Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China

(Email: yimap@cuhk.edu.hk).

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The article by Bhat and colleagues [1] entails a prospective, randomized trial aimed to investigate the efficacy of omental wrap in preventing anastomotic leak after esophagectomy. All anastomoses in the study were hand sewn in a single layer of silk, in comparison with those in the treatment arm augmented by a patch of gastric omentum. The authors managed to show a significant reduction in anastomotic leak in . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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