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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1278
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: General Thoracic

Invited commentary

Eddie L. Hoover, MD

State University of New York-Buffalo, Department of Surgery (112), Veterans Affairs Medical Center-Buffalo, 3495 Bailey Ave, Buffalo, NY 14215

(Email: eddie.hoover@med.va.gov).

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Motoyama and colleagues [1] report their experience with 34 patients treated with colon interposition through the posterior mediastinal route as opposed to the substernal route because of prior gastric resections or because of synchronous malignant lesions in the esophagus and stomach. They conclude that this procedure could be preformed at low risk, without mortality and with long-term outcomes that compare favorably with other approaches with respect to chewing and swallowing, active peristalsis, and a lower incidence of long-term reflux, especially when an ileocecal-right colon graft . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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