Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 197, Issue 6 , Pages 902-913, December 2003

Thoracoscopic and laparoscopic esophagectomy for benign and malignant disease: lessons learned from 46 consecutive procedures

Presented at the Annual Meeting of Western Surgical Association, Vancouver, BC, November 2002.

  • Ninh T Nguyen, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery (Nguyen), University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Ninh T Nguyen, MD, FACS, Department of Surgery, 101 The City Drive, Bldg 55, Rm 106, Orange, CA 92868-3298, USA.
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  • Peter Roberts, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery (Roberts, Follette, Rivers, Wolfe), University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
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  • David M Follette, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery (Roberts, Follette, Rivers, Wolfe), University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
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  • Ryan Rivers, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery (Roberts, Follette, Rivers, Wolfe), University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
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  • Bruce M Wolfe, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery (Roberts, Follette, Rivers, Wolfe), University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA

Received 13 May 2003; received in revised form 9 July 2003; accepted 10 July 2003.

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 No competing interests declared.

PII: S1072-7515(03)00861-5

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2003.07.005

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 197, Issue 6 , Pages 902-913, December 2003