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Management of paraesophageal hernias.

Landreneau RJ, Del Pino M, Santos R

Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Shadyside Medical Center, 5200 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA. landreneaurj@upmc.edu

A tailored approach to the management of patients who have para-esophageal herniation appears to be the best policy. No one approach can universally apply to this patient population if optimal therapy, quality of life, and overall survival are to be optimized.

Published 1 June 2005 in Surg Clin North Am, 85(3): 411-32.
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