A prospective randomized comparison of transhiatal and transthoracic resection for lower-third esophageal carcinoma

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 320-324

  Chu, Kent Man ^a   Law, Simon Y K ^a   Fok, Manson ^a   Wong, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CANCER STAGING; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030881527     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(97)00105-0     Document Type: Article

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