Esophagectomy-it's not just about mortality anymore: Standardized perioperative clinical pathways improve outcomes in patients with esophageal cancer

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1395-1402

  Low, Donald E ^a   Kunz, Sonia ^a   Schembre, Drew ^a   Otero, Henry ^a   Malpass, Tom ^a   Hsi, Alex ^a   Song, Guobin ^a   Hinke, Richard ^a   Kozarek, Richard A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical pathways; Esophageal neoplasms; Esophagectomy

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BLEEDING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PATHWAY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35148824772     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-007-0265-1     Document Type: Article

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