Securing enteral nutrition with routine feeding jejunostomy after esophagectomy: lost effort or a life saver?

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Olli Helminen et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Mar.

. 2019 Mar;11(3):636-637.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.02.52.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Evaluation of the need for routine feeding jejunostomy for enteral nutrition after esophagectomy.
Akiyama Y, Iwaya T, Endo F, Nikai H, Sato K, Baba S, Chiba T, Kimura T, Takahara T, Nitta H, Otsuka K, Mizuno M, Kimura Y, Koeda K, Sasaki A. Akiyama Y, et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Dec;10(12):6854-6862. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.11.97. J Thorac Dis. 2018. PMID: 30746231 Free PMC article.

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