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The anatomy of the esophagus is one of the more complicated subjects in medicine because the esophagus traverses the neck, chest, and abdomen. Surgeons, endoscopists, pathologists, radiologists, and other practitioners who care for patients with disease of this organ require an intricate knowledge of not just the location of the esophagus in relation to adjacent structures, but also its function and pathologic conditions. This chapter focuses on the anatomy of the esophagus from a multidisciplinary perspective.
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Blackmon, S.H. (2015). Gross Anatomy. In: Blackmon, S.H., Kim, M.P., Dickinson, K.J. (eds) Atlas of Esophageal Disease and Intervention. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3088-3_1
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