The value of neck drain in esophageal surgery: A randomized trial

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 40-42

  Choi, H K ^a   Law, S ^a   Chu, K M ^a   Wong, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ESOPHAGUS ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; ANASTOMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HEMATOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROMA; SUCTION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; DRAINAGE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROMA; SUCTION;

EID: 0031956528     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dote/11.1.40     Document Type: Article

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