A surgeon's case volume of oesophagectomy for cancer strongly influences the operative mortality rate

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 375-380

  Migliore, Marcello ^a,b   Choong, Cliff K ^a   Lim, Eric ^a   Goldsmith, Kimberley A ^a   Ritchie, Andy ^a,b   Wells, Francis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Cambridge Oesophago gastric Cancer Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mortality; Oesophagectomy; Surgeon volume; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34347380521     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.04.014     Document Type: Article

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