Ann Thorac Surg 1996;62:330
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DR ALEX G. LITTLE (Las Vegas, NV): Doctor Ferguson, I enjoyed your presentation and appreciate the recognition. There was a patient I operated on in Chicago who had previously undergone an apparently uneventful dilation, but a few days afterward had an upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. When he finally came to operation several months later we unexpectedly found a very developed fibrous stricture, which I presume was a resolution of a submucosal hematoma. Therefore, I would suggest that if you ever see the scenario of a postdilation bleed, you should be a . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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