Minimally invasive versus open esophagectomy for cancer: More questions than answers

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 204-205

  Rice, Thomas W ^a,b   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; OPEN ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 84855836783     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182433076     Document Type: Editorial

References (1)

1. Mamidanna R, Bottle A, Aylin P, et al. Short-term outcomes following open versus minimally invasive esophagectomy for cancer in England: a populationbased national study. Ann Surg. 2012; 255(2): 197-203.