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Harufumi Maki1, Masaki Azuma2, Hitoshi Kanamaru1
1Department of General Surgery, Fujieda Municipal General Hospital, Fujieda City, Shizuoka, Japan.
Journal of Surgical Case Reports
|December 3, 2015
Abstract:
The effectiveness of use of thoracoscopy for esophageal perforation has not been fully evaluated. We herein report a case of esophageal perforation for which a transabdominal approach assisted by thoracoscopic drainage was performed.
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