Esophagectomy in patients 80 years of age and older with carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 345-351

  Morita, Masaru ^a   Egashira, Akinori ^a   Yoshida, Rintaro ^a   Ikeda, Keisuke ^a   Ohgaki, Kippei ^a   Shibahara, Kotaro ^a   Oki, Eiji ^a   Sadanaga, Noriaki ^a   Kakeji, Yoshihiro ^a   Maehara, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Esophageal cancer; Esophageal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 46949102188     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-008-2171-z     Document Type: Article

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