Evolution and critical appraisal of anastomotic technique following resection of esophageal adenocarcinoma

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 296-302

  Casson, Alan G ^a   Porter, G A ^a   Veugelers, P J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGOGASTROSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE NECROSIS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLEURA DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH TUBE; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0036968899     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.2002.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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