Reducing hospital morbidity and mortality following esophagectomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1170-1176

  Atkins, B Zane ^a   Shah, Ashish S ^b   Hutcheson, Kelley A ^b   Mangum, Jennifer H ^b   Pappas, Theodore N ^b   Harpole Jr , David H ^b   D'Amico, Thomas A ^b  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER SURVIVAL; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

EID: 4644352502     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.02.034     Document Type: Article

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