**Author details**

Rafael Cholvi Calduch, Isabel Mora Oliver, Fernando Lopez Mozos\* and Roberto Martí Obiol

\*Address all correspondence to: ferlomo@gmail.com

Division of Oesophageal and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

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**Provisional chapter**
