The preoperative predictability of the short esophagus in patients with stricture or paraesophageal hernia
β Scribed by S. K. Mittal; Z. T. Awad; M. Tasset; C. J. Filipi; T. J. Dickason; Y. Shinno; R. E. Marsh; T. J. Tomonaga; C. Lerner
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 237 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0930-2794
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