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Intrathoracic esophageal replacement by in situ tissue-engineered esophagus

Yuen Nakase, MD, PhD
- Department of Surgery and Regenerative Medicine, Division of Surgery and Physiology of Digestive System, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Medical Life Systems, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
- Address for reprints: Yuen Nakase, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery and Regenerative Medicine, Division of Surgery and Physiology of Digestive System, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji Kajiicho 465, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan.
Tatsuo Nakamura, MD, PhD
- Department of Bioartificial Organs, Institute for Frontier Medical Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Shuichi Kin, MD, PhD
- Department of Surgery and Regenerative Medicine, Division of Surgery and Physiology of Digestive System, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Susumu Nakashima, MD, PhD
- Department of Surgery and Regenerative Medicine, Division of Surgery and Physiology of Digestive System, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Tetsuji Yoshikawa, MD, PhD
- Department of Surgery and Regenerative Medicine, Division of Surgery and Physiology of Digestive System, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Yoshiaki Kuriu, MD, PhD
- Department of Surgery and Regenerative Medicine, Division of Surgery and Physiology of Digestive System, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Chohei Sakakura, MD, PhD
- Department of Surgery and Regenerative Medicine, Division of Surgery and Physiology of Digestive System, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Hisakazu Yamagishi, MD, PhD
- Department of Surgery and Regenerative Medicine, Division of Surgery and Physiology of Digestive System, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Junji Hamuro, PhD
- Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Yoshito Ikada, PhD
- Department of Bioenvironmental Medicine, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan
Eigo Otsuji, MD, PhD
- Department of Surgery and Regenerative Medicine, Division of Surgery and Physiology of Digestive System, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Akeo Hagiwara, MD, PhD
- Department of Medical Life Systems, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan

Received 2 November 2007 ,Revised 26 February 2008 ,Accepted 4 May 2008.

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This work was supported in part by a grant for the Third-Term Comprehensive 10-Year Strategy of Cancer Control from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan.

PII: S0022-5223(08)01046-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.05.027

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