Association of splenectomy with postoperative complications in patients with proximal gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 682-689

  Weitz, Jürgen ^a   Jaques, David P ^a   Brennan, Murray ^a   Karpeh, Martin ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Gastrectomy; Gastric cancer; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH CANCER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 16644374952     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2004.03.048     Document Type: Article

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