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An unusual complication of colonic interposition for oesophageal replacement.
  1. J G Harvey,
  2. M G Kettlewell

    Abstract

    We report a case of delayed fibrosis of the interposed left colon in a 65-year-old man after an operation for peptic oesophageal stricture and suggest that short-term postoperative ventilation should be used in patients undergoing oesophageal replacement by means of colonic interposition.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.34.3.408

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