Impact of splenectomy on surgical outcome in patients with cancer of the distal esophagus and gastro-esophageal junction

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 334-339

  Pultrum, B B ^a   Van Bastelaar, J ^a   Schreurs, L M A ^a   Van Dullemen, H M ^a   Groen, H ^a   Nijsten, M W N ^a   Van Dam, G M ^a   Plukker, J T H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Esophagectomy; Lymphnode dissection; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHYLOTHORAX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFECTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLENECTOMY; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 43449088545     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2007.00762.x     Document Type: Article

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