Extensive Mediastinal Lymphadenectomy During Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: Optimal Results from a Single Center

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 715-721

  Shen, Yaxing ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Tan, Lijie ^a   Feng, Mingxiang ^a   Wang, Hao ^a   Khan, Muhammad Asim ^b   Liang, Mingqiang ^a   Wang, Qun ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Esophagectomy; Esophagus cancer; Minimally invasive surgery

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORACOSCOPY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 84862823770     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-012-1824-7     Document Type: Article

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