Outcome, survival, and costs in patients undergoing intubation for carcinoma of the esophagus

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 316-319

  O'Hanlon, Deirdre M ^a   Callanan, Keith ^a   Karat, Daya ^a   Crisp, William ^a   Griffin, S Michael ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ENTERIC FEEDING; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FISTULA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; INTUBATION; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030823208     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(97)00104-9     Document Type: Article

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