Oesophagectomy without Thoracotomy: First 250 Patients

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 455-461

  Gupta, N M ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0029942274     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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