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Exposure of the cervical oesophagus is necessary for multiple indications in thoracic surgery including during oesophagectomy, for the treatment of pharyngo-oesophageal diverticulum and after oesophageal trauma leading to perforation or fistula formation.

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The Transcervical Approach in Thoracic Surgery

Marcin Zieliński • Ramón Rami-Porta Editors

The Transcervical Approach in Thoracic Surgery

Editors Marcin Zieliński, MD, PhD Department of Thoracic Surgery Pulmonary Hospital Zakopane Poland

Ramón Rami-Porta, MD, PhD, FETCS Department of Thoracic Surgery Hospital Universitari Mutua Terrassa Terrassa Barcelona Spain

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To my wife Beata and my daughters Aleksandra and Zofia. Marcin Zieliński To my mother, Joaquina, and my departed father, Ramón, without whom I would be no one. To Drs. Antonio Alix Trueba and Félix Serrano Muñoz, from whom I learnt mediastinoscopy and mediastinotomy, procedures that proved to be fundamental in the development of my professional life. To the late Dr. Tsuguo Naruke, for his example, teachings and mentorship. With much appreciation and personal esteem. Ramón Rami-Porta

Foreword

The protection afforded by the bony structures