A single-layer, continuous, hand-sewn method for esophageal anastomosis: Prospective evaluation in 218 patients

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-39

  Law, Simon ^a   Suen, Dacita T K ^a   Wong, Kam Ho ^a   Kwok, Ka Fai ^a   Wong, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER STAGING; CHYLOTHORAX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLORUS STENOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS; STOMACH; SURVIVAL RATE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12144274261     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.140.1.33     Document Type: Article

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