Quality of life following esophagectomy with three-field lymphadenectomy for carcinoma, focusing on its relationship to vocal cord palsy

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-34

  Baba, M ^a   Aikou, T ^a   Natsugoe, S ^a   Kusano, C ^a   Shimada, M ^a   Nakano, S ^a   Fukumoto, T ^a   Yoshinaka, H ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; THORACOTOMY; VITAL CAPACITY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT LOSS; CARCINOMA; COMPLICATION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOARSENESS; LONGEVITY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURY; SPEECH;

AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOARSENESS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURIES; SPEECH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAL CAPACITY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0031956439     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dote/11.1.28     Document Type: Article

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