Open or minimally invasive esophagectomy: Are the outcomes different?

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-60

  Bussières, Jean S ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Esophagectomy; Minimally invasive surgery; Protective ventilation; Thoracic epidural analgesia

Indexed keywords

ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG VENTILATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 62249137746     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32831cef4b     Document Type: Review

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