Posterior mediastinal or retrosternal reconstruction following esophagectomy for cancer

Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 258-264

  Williams, Lara J ^a   Casson, Alan G ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

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EID: 80052196763     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84628-474-8_31     Document Type: Chapter

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