The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 137, Issue 3 , Pages 565-572, March 2009

Is botulinum toxin injection of the pylorus during Ivor–Lewis esophagogastrectomy the optimal drainage strategy?

  • Robert James Cerfolio, MD, FACS, FCCP

      Affiliations

    • Section of Thoracic Surgery, Division of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Robert J. Cerfolio, MD, FACS, FCCP, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 703 19th St S, ZRB 739, Birmingham, AL 35294.
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  • Ayesha S. Bryant, MSPH, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala
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  • Cheri L. Canon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala
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  • Roopa Dhawan, BS

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala
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  • Mohamad A. Eloubeidi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala

Received 23 June 2008; received in revised form 7 August 2008; accepted 30 August 2008.

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 Read at the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Western Thoracic Surgical Association, Kona, Hawaii, June 25–28, 2008.

PII: S0022-5223(08)01471-2

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.08.049

Refers to erratum:

  • Notice of Correction

    The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery June 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 6, Page 1581)

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 137, Issue 3 , Pages 565-572, March 2009

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