Cervicothoracic approach for total mesoesophageal dissection in cancer of the thoracic esophagus

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 238-245

  Matsubara, Toshiki ^a   Ueda, Mamoru ^a   Nagao, Narutosi ^a   Takahashi, Takashi ^a   Nakajima, Toshifusa ^a   Nishi, Mitsumasa ^a  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 0031694939     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(98)00159-8     Document Type: Article

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