Oesophagectomy practice and outcomes in England

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 585-591

  Al Sarira, A A ^a,b   David, G ^a   Willmott, S ^d   Slavin, J P ^a   Deakin, M ^a,b,c   Corless, D J ^a  

^a LEIGHTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d University Hospital North Staffordshire ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRALIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGOGASTROSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENGLAND; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248327571     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5805     Document Type: Article

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