The Kirschner operation in unresectable esophageal cancer: Current application

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1228-1232

  Whooley, Brian P ^a   Law, Simon ^a   Murthy, Sudish C ^b   Alexandrou, Andreas ^b   Chu, Kent Man ^a   Wong, John ^a  

^a BON SECOURS HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER OPERATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; COLON; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0036850017     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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