Anterior Versus Posterior Routes of Reconstruction After Esophagectomy: A Comparative Anatomic Study

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 400-404

  Chen, Haiquan ^a   Lu, Jiade J ^b   Zhou, Jianhua ^a   Zhou, Xian ^a   Luo, Xiaoyang ^a   Liu, Quan ^a   Tam, John ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOID; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYLORUS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58249141233     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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