Evaluation of various POSSUM models for predicting mortality in patients undergoing elective oesophagectomy for carcinoma

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1172-1178

  Lai, F ^a   Kwan, T L ^a   Yuen, W C ^a   Wai, A ^a   Siu, Y C ^a   Shung, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; VALIDATION STUDY;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 35448954498     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5793     Document Type: Article

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