Cervical or Thoracic Anastomosis after Esophageal Resection and Gastric Tube Reconstruction: A Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Sutured Neck Anastomosis with Stapled Intrathoracic Anastomosis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 238, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 803-814

  Walther, Bruno ^a   Johansson, Jan ^a   Johnsson, Folke ^a   Von Holstein, Christer Staël ^a   Zilling, Thomas ^a   Peracchia, A ^b   Lerut, T ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANASTOMOSIS; BALLOON CATHETER; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDIZATION; STAPLED INTRATHORACIC ANASTOMOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH SURGERY; STOMACH TUBE RECONSTRUCTION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT FAILURE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PLASTIC SURGERY; STOMACH; SURVIVAL RATE; SUTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STOMACH; SURVIVAL RATE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES;

EID: 0842267557     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000098624.04100.b1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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