Sub-total oesophagectomy with 2 field lymphadenectomy

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 753-766

  Griffin, S M ^a   Wayman, J ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Esophageal neoplasms, surgery; Esophagectomy; Lymph node excision

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADVANCED CANCER; ANASTOMOSIS; ATELECTASIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYING; EARLY CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FLUID BALANCE; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG VENTILATION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MOBILIZATION; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY CARE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; DRAINAGE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036922791     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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