Minimally invasive esophagectomy: Short- and long-term outcomes

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 428-433

  Leibman, S ^a   Smithers, B M ^a,b   Gotley, D C ^a,b   Martin, I ^a   Thomas, J ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Minimal invasive esophagectomy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32944467792     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-005-0388-y     Document Type: Article

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