Influence of splenectomy on perioperative morbidity and long-term survival after esophagectomy in patients with esophageal carcinoma

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 311-315

  Gockel, I ^a   Kneist, W ^a   Junginger, T ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Esophagectomy; Long term survival; Perioperative morbidity; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MORBIDITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPLENECTOMY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLENECTOMY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644876866     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2005.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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