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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:1129
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited commentary

^a Section of Thoracic Surgery, University of Michigan, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, 2120 Taubman Center, Box 0344, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

e-mail: mdi@umich.edu

The article by Dahlberg and associates represents an important contribution to the literature of a difficult problem on a controversial topic. It is important because this article discusses not whether laparoscopic repair of large esophageal lesions can be done, but whether or not they should be done. The group at the Mayo Clinic has clearly demonstrated that laparoscopic repair of a large paraesophageal hiatal hernia is possible, but more . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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