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Distinguished University Professorship Lecture - Mark B. Orringer, MD
Transhiatal Esophagectomy (THE)- Development, Refinement, and Assessment of a University of Michigan Operation
Removing the esophagus (swallowing passage) and replacing it with stomach connected to the remaining esophagus in the neck without opening the chest–transhiatal esophagectomy (THE)---began at the UM in 1976. Despite initial criticism, it was refined and promulgated and now has established safety and ease of tolerance.
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