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Various elongation methods (see Table 1) have developed since 1965 according to N.A.T. Myers’ motto: “The best esophagus is the patient’s own esophagus”; they have effected a decisive change in treatment, rendering replacement methods which are burdened by a high complication rate avoidable.
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Halsband, H. (1986). Esophagus Replacement by Free, Autologous Jejunal Mucosa Transplantation in Long-gap Esophageal Atresia. In: Wurnig, P. (eds) Long-gap Esophageal Atresia. Progress in Pediatric Surgery, vol 19. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70777-3_3
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