Predictive factors associated with prolonged chest drain production after esophagectomy

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-28

  Lagarde, S M ^a   Omloo, J M T ^a   Ubbink, D T ^a   Busch, O R C ^a   Obertop, H ^a   van Lanschot, J J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHEST TUBES; DRAINAGE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846225935     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2007.00639.x     Document Type: Article

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