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Surgical Management of Suture Insufficiency at Cervical Esophagogastrostomy After Surgery for Carcinoma of the Thoracic Esophagus

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Carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus remains a surgical challenge with esophagectomy having an associated hospital mortality rate of about 10%–17%. One of the recommended procedures for esophageal reconstruction is to pull the stomach up into the cervical region through the posterior mediastinal and retrosternal route.

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  1. Second Department of Surgery, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, 1144 Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi, 755, Japan

    Takashi Suzuki

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  1. Takuo Murakami
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  1. Second Department of Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, 6-20-2, Shinkawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181, Japan

    Kin-ichi Nabeya M.D. , Tateo Hanaoka M.D.  & Hiroshi Nogami M.D. ,  & 

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Murakami, T., Tangoku, A., Hayashi, H., Suzuki, T. (1993). Surgical Management of Suture Insufficiency at Cervical Esophagogastrostomy After Surgery for Carcinoma of the Thoracic Esophagus. In: Nabeya, Ki., Hanaoka, T., Nogami, H. (eds) Recent Advances in Diseases of the Esophagus. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68246-2_103

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