Transcervical Superior Mediastinal Lymph Node Dissection Combined with Transhiatal Lower Esophageal Dissection before Transthoracic Esophagectomy: A Safe Approach for Salvage Esophagectomy

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 2009, Pages e7-

  Watanabe, Masayuki ^a   Yoshida, Naoya ^a   Karashima, Ryuichi ^a   Sato, Nobutaka ^a   Hirashima, Kotaro ^a   Imamura, Yu ^a   Hiyoshi, Yukiharu ^a   Nagai, Yohei ^a   Iwagami, Shiro ^a   Toyama, Eiichiro ^a   Hayashi, Naoko ^a   Baba, Hideo ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 62349092285     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.01.018     Document Type: Article

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