Minimally invasive treatment of esophageal cancer: Laparoscopic staging to robotic esophagectomy

Cancer Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-17

  Espat, N Joseph ^a   Jacobsen, Garth ^a   Horgan, Santiago ^a   Donahue, Phillip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Laparoscopic transhiatal esophagectomy; Robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; CLASSIFICATION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; THORACOSCOPY;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; ROBOTICS; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 20144379462     PISSN: 15289117     EISSN: 1540336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00130404-200501000-00003     Document Type: Review

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