Comparison of hand-sewn and stapled esophagogastric anastomosis after esophageal resection for cancer: A prospective randomized controlled trial

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-173

  Law, Simon ^a   Fok, Manson ^a   Chu, Kent Man ^a   Wong, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGOGASTROSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAPLER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0344404401     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199708000-00008     Document Type: Article

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