Traditional invasive vs. minimally invasive esophagectomy: A multi-center, randomized trial (TIME-trial)

BMC Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Biere, Surya Say ^a   Maas, Kirsten W ^a   Bonavina, Luigi ^b   Garcia, Josep Roig ^c   Van Berge Henegouwen, Mark I ^d   Rosman, Camiel ^e   Sosef, Meindert N ^f   De Lange, Elly Sm ^a   Bonjer, H Jaap ^a   Cuesta, Miguel A ^a   Van Der Peet, Donald L ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORACOSCOPY;

CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 78651246295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-11-2     Document Type: Article

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