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ASO Author Reflections: Is Preservation of Bronchial Arteries During Esophageal Cancer Surgery Oncologically Acceptable and Does it Improve the Incidence of Postoperative Pneumonia?

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  1. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, and Okinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Tokyo, Japan

    Kentoku Fujisawa MD, Yu Ohkura MD, PhD, Masaki Ueno MD, PhD, Yusuke Ogawa MD, Hayato Shimoyama MD, PhD, Shusuke Haruta MD, PhD & Harushi Udagawa MD, PhD

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  3. Masaki Ueno MD, PhD
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KF wrote the manuscript and KF, YO, MU, YO, HS, SH, and HU revised it critically for important intellectual content provided final approval for the content.

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This article refers to: Fujisawa K, Ohkura Y, Ueno M, et al. Clinical outcomes of preserving bronchial arteries during radical esophagectomy: a propensity-score matched analysis. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-023-14495-z.

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Fujisawa, K., Ohkura, Y., Ueno, M. et al. ASO Author Reflections: Is Preservation of Bronchial Arteries During Esophageal Cancer Surgery Oncologically Acceptable and Does it Improve the Incidence of Postoperative Pneumonia?. Ann Surg Oncol 31, 894–895 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-023-14662-2

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