Left thoracoabdominal esophagogastrectomy: Still a valid operation for carcinoma of the distal esophagus and esophagogastric junction

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 340-345

  Forshaw, M J ^a   Gossage, J A ^a   Ockrim, J ^a   Atkinson, S W ^a   Mason, Robert C ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Esophagectomy; Esophagus or esophagogastric junction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH FUNCTION DISORDER; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DATABASES; DATABASES AS TOPIC; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748679522     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2006.00593.x     Document Type: Review

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