Comparing Outcomes after Transthoracic and Transhiatal Esophagectomy: A 5-Year Prospective Cohort of 17,395 Patients

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 205, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 735-740

  Connors, Rafe C ^a   Reuben, Brian C ^a   Neumayer, Leigh A ^a   Bull, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSHIATAL ESOPHAGECTOMY; TRANSTHORACIC ESOPHAGECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND;

DATABASES AS TOPIC; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36148963600     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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