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Sternoclavicular joint obstruction of a gastric conduit ten years after transhiatal esophagectomy and sub-sternal pull-up
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By Andrew Chae, MD, Royce F. Calhoun II, MD and David T. Cooke, MD

We present a patient who underwent transhiatal esophagectomy with a gastric conduit placed in the anterior mediastinum, and subsequently developed dysphagia from compression of her conduit by the left sternoclavicular joint, necessitating corrective surgery.

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