Influence of the route of reconstruction on morbidity, mortality and local recurrence after esophagectomy for cancer

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 209-214

  Wong, Alfred C C ^a   Law, Simon ^a   Wong, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Complications; Esophageal neoplasm; Esophagectomy; Morbidity; Mortality; Orthotopic route; Retrosternal route; Route of reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0038017236     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070387     Document Type: Article

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