Current Problems in Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 195-259 , March 2009

Benign Diseases of the Esophagus

  • Thomas J. Watson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor of Surgery, Chief of Thoracic Surgery, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York
    • ,
  • Carolyn E. Jones, MD

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York
    • ,
  • Virginia R. Litle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York

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doi: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2008.10.006

Current Problems in Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 195-259 , March 2009

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