Ivor Lewis approach is superior to transhiatal approach in retrieval of lymph nodes at esophagectomy

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 328-333

  Wolff, C S ^a   Castillo, S F ^a   Larson, D R ^a   O'byrne, M M ^a   Fredericksen, M ^a   Deschamps, C ^a   Allen, M S ^a   Zais, T G ^a   Romero, Yvonne ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal carcinoma; Esophagectomy; Esophagus; Ivor Lewis; Lymphnodes; Surgery; Transhiatal

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 43449087957     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2007.00785.x     Document Type: Article

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