Does Routine Endoscopy or Contrast Swallow Study After Esophagectomy and Gastric Tube Reconstruction Change Patient Management?

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Published in J Gastrointest Surg on November 14, 2016

Authors

N Nederlof1, J de Jonge1, T de Vringer1, T C K Tran1, M C W Spaander2, H W Tilanus1, B P L Wijnhoven3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre Rotterdam, 's-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, 's-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
3: Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre Rotterdam, 's-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. b.wijnhoven@erasmusmc.nl.

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