A safe and reproducible anastomotic technique for minimally invasive Ivor Lewis oesophagectomy: the circular-stapled anastomosis with the trans-oral anvil

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1421-1426

  Campos, Guilherme M ^a   Jablons, David ^a   Brown, Lisa M ^a   Ramirez, René M ^a   Rabl, Charlotte ^a   Theodore, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomose; Complications; Minimally invasive; Oesophageal cancer; Oesophagectomy; Stapler

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGOGASTROSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STAPLER; STENT; SURGICAL STAPLING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURGICAL STAPLING;

EID: 77952586141     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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