Evaluation of POSSUM in patients with oesophageal cancer undergoing resection

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1150-1155

  Zafirellis, K D ^a   Fountoulakis, A ^a   Dolan, K ^a   Dexter, S P L ^a   Martin, I G ^a   Sue Ling, H M ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036367341     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2002.02179.x     Document Type: Article

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