Video-assisted mediastinoscopic transhiatal esophagectomy combined with laparoscopy for esophageal cancer
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Minimally invasive transhiatal esophagectomy for esophageal cancer includes mediastinoscopic and laparoscopic transhiatal esophagectomy. It is inadequate in both two techniques. It is impossible to dissect the lower esophagus with si...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| Online Access: | http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/132 |