Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Allows Esophageal Tumor Resection in Selected Esophageal Carcinoma With Severe Emphysema Qun-You Tan, MD, Ru-Wen Wang, MD, Yao-Guang Jiang, MD, Shi-Zhi Fan, MD, Michael K.Y. Hsin, MD, Tai-Qian Gong, MD, Jing-Hai Zhou, MD, Yun-Ping Zhao, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 82, Issue 5, Pages 1849-1856 (November 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.05.081 Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 A decision tree for choosing different operative approaches according to the location of the esophageal tumor and the side having more emphysematous disease. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, 1849-1856DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.05.081) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions