Is vagal-sparing esophagectomy ideal for Barrett's esophagus with intramucosal adenocarcinoma or high-grade dysplasia?: Commentary

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 302-303

  Pech, Oliver ^a   Ell, Christian ^a  

^a Division of Gastroenterology   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; DIARRHEA; DYSPLASIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; POSTGASTRECTOMY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 44949176104     PISSN: 17434378     EISSN: 17434386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpgasthep1127     Document Type: Short Survey

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