Is minimally invasive surgery beneficial in the management of esophageal cancer? A meta-analysis

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1621-1629

  Nagpal, Kamal ^a   Ahmed, Kamran ^a   Vats, Amit ^a   Yakoub, Danny ^a   James, David ^a   Ashrafian, Hutan ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a   Moorthy, Krishna ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Esophagectomy; Laparoscopy; Minimally invasive surgery; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACOSCOPY;

AGED; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 77955661191     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-009-0822-7     Document Type: Article

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