1. Franz John A. Torek The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Attila Dubecz, MD, Seymour I. Schwartz, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 85, Issue 4, Pages (April 2008)
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2. Fig 1 Franz J. A. Torek. (Courtesy of Lenox Hill Hospital.)
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3. Fig 2
Meltzer-Auer apparatus. (From [8], printed with permission from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery.)
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4. Fig 3
The incision was marked with silver nitrate the day before the operation. (Reprinted from Torek F. Carcinoma of the thoracic portion of the esophagus. Arch Surg 1925;10:353–60, with permission. Copyright 1925, American Medical Association. All rights reserved.)
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5. Fig 4
Torek’s esophagectomy patient on the 12th postoperative day. The gastrostomy tube was introduced into the esophagus whenever the patient desired to swallow. (This article was published in Surg Gynecol Obstet, 16, Torek F, The first successful case of resection of the thoracic portion of the oesophagus for carcinoma, , Copyright Elsevier [1913].)
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