Open versus minimally invasive esophagectomy: Trends of utilization and associated outcomes in England

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 292-298

  Lazzarino, Antonio Ivan ^a   Nagpal, Kamal ^b   Bottle, Alex ^a   Faiz, Omar ^b   Moorthy, Krishna ^b   Aylin, Paul ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77955175050     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181dd4e8c     Document Type: Article

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