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An Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy Designed to Minimize Anastomotic Complications and Optimize Conduit Function
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Long-segment colon substitution for the esophagus

E W Wilkins

    Annals of Surgery
    |December 1, 1980
    PubMed

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