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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:1808
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited commentary

^a Department of Surgery, University of Nevada School of Medicine, 2040 W Charleston Blvd, #601, Las Vegas, NV 89102, USA

This article succeeds in fulfilling its stated goal of establishing a benchmark for the results of surgical treatment of esophageal carcinoma using an Ivor Lewis esophagectomy technique in all patients. The value of this lies in the authors’ observation that having such a benchmark in patients not receiving any neoadjuvant or preoperative therapy can be used for comparison purposes both for other techniques of esophageal resection and to outcomes in patients . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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