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Diaphragmatic hernia following oesophagectomy for oesophageal cancer – Are we too radical?

BACKGROUND: Diaphragmatic herniation (DH) of abdominal contents into the thorax after oesophageal resection is a recognised and serious complication of surgery. While differences in pressure between the abdominal and thoracic cavities are important, the size of the hiatal defect is something that ca...

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Autores principales: Argenti, F., Luhmann, A., Dolan, R., Wilson, M., Podda, M., Patil, P., Shimi, S., Alijani, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4843099/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27158485
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2015.12.064