Minimally invasive esophagectomy: A teaching hospital's first year experience

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 220-225

  Fabian, T ^a   Martin, J T ^a   Mckelvey, A A ^a   Federico, J A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal neoplasms; Esophagectomy; Intraoperative complications; Morbidity and mortality; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE NECROSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE ESOPHAGECTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; OPEN ESOPHAGECTOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 42649102019     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2007.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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