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The cervical oesophagus can be approached from the right or left sides and there is little to choose between the two sides. The left side is the more common approach, however, as the oesophagus lies a little to the left of the midline in the neck.
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Lerut, T. (1994). Technique of cervical approach to the oesophagus. In: Jamieson, G.G., Debas, H.T. (eds) Surgery of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6621-6_6
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