Effect of preoperative single-dose corticosteroid administration on postoperative morbidity following esophagectomy

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 788-804

  Engelman, Edgard ^a   Maeyens, Cécile ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Esophagectomy; Glucocorticoids; Meta analysis, Bayesian model; Postoperative complication

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952553290     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-010-1168-0     Document Type: Article

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