The origins of an operation: A brief history of transhiatal esophagectomy

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 535-540

  Dubecz, Attila ^a   Kun, Levente ^b   Stadlhuber, Rudolf J ^c   Peters, Jeffrey H ^a   Schwartz, Seymour I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CADAVER; DOG; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSHIATAL ESOPHAGECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; HISTORY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 63449111930     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000345936.63500.aa     Document Type: Article

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