Three-field lymph node dissection in the treatment of thoracic esophageal carcinoma: The Turkish experience

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 232-237

  Ferahkose Z ^a   Ziya Anadol, A ^b,d   Gokbayir H ^c   Dursun, A ^a   Ozturk E ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c BAYINDIR HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Esophagus carcinoma; Lymph node dissection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; TURKEY;

EID: 33745872896     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2006.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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