Minimally invasive techniques for resection of benign esophageal tumors

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-43

  Samphire, John ^a   Nafteux, Philippe ^a,b   Luketich, James ^a  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UZ Gathuisberg ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Benign tumors of the esophagus; Esophagus; Leiomyoma; Minimally invasive surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER CENTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENUCLEATION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SURGERY; THORAX TUMOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0037869247     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-0679(03)00005-4     Document Type: Review

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