Diagnostic evaluation, surgical technique, and perioperative management after esophagectomy: Consensus statement of the German Advanced Surgical Treatment Study Group

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 396, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 857-866

  Palmes, Daniel ^a   Brüwer, Matthias ^a   Bader, Franz G ^b   Betzler, Michael ^c   Becker, Heinz ^f   Bruch, Hans Peter ^b   Büchler, Markus ^d   Buhr, Heinz ^e   Ghadimi, B Michael ^f   Hopt, Ulrich T ^g   Konopke, Ralf ^h   Ott, Katja ^d   Post, Stefan ^d   Ritz, Jörg Peter ^e   Ronellenfitsch, Ulrich ^d   Saeger, Hans Detlev ^h   Senninger, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c ALFRIED KRUPP KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^h DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consensus statement; Delphi method; Esophageal carcinoma; German Advanced Surgical Treatment Study Group; Multimodal treatment

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CONSENSUS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; GERMANY; HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 80052825793     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: 14352451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-011-0818-3     Document Type: Article

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