Increasing esophageal length: A comparison of laparoscopic versus transthoracic esophageal mobilization with and without vagal trunk division in pigs

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 558-564

  DeMeester, Steven R ^a,b   Sillin, Lelan F ^a   Lin, Harrison W ^a   Gurski, Richard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 1242351603     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(03)00481-2     Document Type: Article

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