Minimally invasive esophagectomy: An overview

Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-99

  Smithers, B Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic gastric mobilization; Mediastinal lymphadenectomy; Minimally invasive esophagectomy; Thoracoscopic mobilization

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GASTRIC CONDUIT ISCHEMIA; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SAFETY; STOMACH DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 77951694946     PISSN: 17474124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/egh.09.62     Document Type: Review

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