Minimally invasive esophagectomy: State of the art

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 137-145

  Kent, M S ^a   Schuchert, M ^a   Fernando, H ^a   Luketich, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive esophagectomy

Indexed keywords

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CHYLOTHORAX; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOGASTROSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HEART INFARCTION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INJURY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE;

ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; JEJUNOSTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; PRONE POSITION; PUNCTURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL STAPLING; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 33646761624     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2006.00555.x     Document Type: Review

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