Results of the combination of open transthoracic esophagectomy with laparoscopic gastric tube formation for esophageal cancer

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 164-168

  Cense, H A ^a,b   Busch, O R C ^a   Bemelman, W A ^a   Obertop, H ^a,b   Van Lanschot, J J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Laparoscopic gastric tube formation; Laparoscopy; Open transthoracic esophagectomy; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STOMACH TUBE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748705581     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094350     Document Type: Article

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