Population-based study of surgical factors in relation to health-related quality of life after oesophageal cancer resection

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 592-601

  Rutegard M ^a,d   Lagergren, J ^a   Rouvelas, I ^a   Lindblad, M ^a   Blazeby, J M ^b,c   Lagergren, P ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSTHORACIC APPROACH; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; BLEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43549106611     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6021     Document Type: Article

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