Esophageal cancer resection and right aortic arch: Successful approach through left thoracotomy

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 212-215

  Guillem, P ^a,b   Fontaine, C ^b   Triboulet, J P ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; SITUS INVERSUS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033394645     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.1999.00024.x     Document Type: Article

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