Combination of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery for early cancer of the thoracic esophagus

International Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 131-135

  Lin, Torng Sen ^a,b,c   Kuo, Shou Jen ^a   Lai, Chung Yu ^a   Chou, Ming Chih ^b  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Esophageal carcinoma; Esophageal reconstruction; Hand assisted laparoscopic surgery; Thoracoscopic esophageal mobilization; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY CANCER; ESOPHAGOGASTROSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOPLASTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 7244239102     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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