Selective three-field lymphadenectomy for thoracic esophageal squamous carcinoma

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 206-211

  Fang, Wentao T ^a   Chen, W H ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Jiang, Y ^a  

^a SHANGHAI CHEST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Esophageal neoplasms; Lymphatic metastasis; Neck dissection; Postoperative complications; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MORBIDITY; NECK DISSECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249705231     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2007.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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