Two-step three-field lymph node dissection is beneficial for thoracic esophageal carcinoma

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-31

  Noguchi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Wada, S ^a   Takeno, S ^a   Hashimoto, T ^a   Moriyama, H ^a   Uchida, Y ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal carcinoma; Less invasive surgery; Lymph node dissection; Three field dissection; Two step three field dissection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NERVE PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL STRESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042523854     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2004.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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