Abstract
In thoracic surgical practice, there are just a few acute conditions which have sequelae as serious as perforation of the thoracic segment of the esophagus. Its mortality is almost three times that of lesions to the cervical esophagus [1].
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Altorjay, Á., Kiss, J., Vörös, A. (1993). Esophagectomy for Esophageal Disruption. 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_49
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