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Esophageal cancer with severe funnel chest treated by simultaneous funnel chest surgery and thoracoscopic esophagectomy: a case report

BACKGROUND: Funnel chest is the most common chest deformity, occurring in 0.06–0.3% of the general population. When it occurs concomitantly with esophageal cancer, it hinders intrathoracic surgery that is necessary for treatment. Although there are a few reports of esophagectomy performed in patient...

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Autores principales: Hatoyama, Keiichiro, Taniyama, Yusuke, Sakurai, Tadashi, Sato, Chiaki, Okamoto, Hiroshi, Onodera, Yu, Kamei, Takashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6280501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30514256
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-018-5145-4