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Rev Hosp Clin Fac Med Sao Paulo
; 49(6): 253-5, 1994.
Artigo
em Português
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7610339
RESUMO
Colon interposition for benign esophageal disease has so many complications among them stricture and anastomotic leak are the most common. Three patients with esphagocolonic stricture due to colon interposition have been successfully treated by sternotomy after being submitted to endoscopic balloon dilatation. Sternotomy would seen a safe and reliable method for treating anastomotic stricture in patients with recurrent stenosis after esophagocolonic anastomosis due to extrinsic compression.