Defining a "successful" esophagectomy

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-7

  Orringer, Mark B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

AGE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DYSPHAGIA; EATING; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MORTALITY; NERVE INJURY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; CONVALESCENCE; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952273868     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182057169     Document Type: Editorial

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