Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 4 , Pages 589-597 , April 2010

Salvage reconstruction of the oesophagus: a retrospective study of 15 cases

  • Masanao Oki

      Affiliations

    • Department of plastic and reconstructive surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, 880 Kitakobayashi Mibu-machi, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 282 87 2485; fax: +81 282 86 1806.
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  • Hirotaka Asato

      Affiliations

    • Department of plastic and reconstructive surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, 880 Kitakobayashi Mibu-machi, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
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  • Yasutoshi Suzuki

      Affiliations

    • Department of plastic and reconstructive surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, 880 Kitakobayashi Mibu-machi, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
    • ,
  • Kohei Umekawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of plastic and reconstructive surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, 880 Kitakobayashi Mibu-machi, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
    • ,
  • Akihiko Takushima

      Affiliations

    • Department of plastic and reconstructive surgery, Kyorin University, 6-20-2 Shinkawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan
    • ,
  • Mutsumi Okazaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of plastic and reconstructive surgery, Kyorin University, 6-20-2 Shinkawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan
    • ,
  • Kiyonori Harii

      Affiliations

    • Department of plastic and reconstructive surgery, Kyorin University, 6-20-2 Shinkawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan

Received 2 July 2008 ,Accepted 11 January 2009.

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☆ This paper was presented at the 15th World Congress for Bronchology / 15th World Congress for Bronchoesophagology, 30 March 30 to 2 April 2008, Tokyo, Japan.

PII: S1748-6815(09)00094-1

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.01.038

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 4 , Pages 589-597 , April 2010

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