Transthoracal partial resection or local excision of small esophageal carcinoma with a radical mediastinal lymphadenectomy - Proposal of limited operation for postoperative quality of life

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 51, Issue 60, 2004, Pages 1631-1635

  Kuwano, Hiroyuki ^a   Kato, Hiroyuki ^a   Nakajima, Masanobu ^a   Miyazaki, Tatsuya ^a   Masuda, Norihiro ^a   Manda, Ryokuhei ^a   Fukuchi, Minoru ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early esophageal cancer; Esophageal partial resection; Limited operation; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 6344285319     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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