Modification of the procedure for esophageal reconstruction after resection of esophageal cancer

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 53, Issue 69, 2006, Pages 372-375

  Shimakawa, Takeshi ^a   Naritaka, Yoshihiko ^a   Wagatsuma, Yoshihisa ^a   Konno, Soichi ^a   Katube, Takao ^a   Ogawa, Kenji ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A thin gastric tube; Anastomotic leakage; Esophageal cancer; Esophageal reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RECONSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH TUBE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOPLASTY; HUMANS; OMENTUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745479176     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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