Long-term results of subtotal esophagectomy with three-field lymphadenectomy for carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 310-316

  Baba, Masamichi ^a   Aikou, Takashi ^a   Yoshinaka, Heiji ^a   Natsugoe, Shoji ^a   Fukumoto, Toshitaka ^a   Shimazu, Hisaaki ^a   Akazawa, Kouhei ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0028269383     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199403000-00012     Document Type: Article

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