Minimally invasive therapy for benign tumors of the distal third of the esophagus--a single institute's experience.

ABSTRACT Introduction: Traditionally, the treatment of benign esophageal tumors is enucleation achieved via a thoracotomy. Since 1992, many reports of thoracoscopic and laparoscopic approaches have...

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