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Postoperative complications are still responsible for many deaths in esophageal cancer surgery. In the last 4 years, we achieved a great reduction of the postoperative mortality rate at 3 months after surgical treatment while also achieving satisfactory palliation of dysphagia in 100% of our patients.
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Kudo, T., Seto, T., Hanaoka, T., Lee, R., Ouchi, S., Tanaka, Y. (1993). Reduction of Operative Morbidity and Mortality in Esophageal Cancer Through Strict Prevention of Postoperative Complications. 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_133
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