Intrathoracic versus Cervical Anastomosis after Resection of Esophageal Cancer: A matched pair analysis of 72 patients in a single center study

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Klink, Christian D ^a,b   Binnebösel, Marcel ^a   Otto, Jens ^a   Boehm, Gabriele ^a   von Trotha, Klaus T ^a   Hilgers, Ralf Dieter ^b   Conze, Joachim ^a   Neumann, Ulf P ^a   Jansen, Marc ^c  

^a Visceral and Transplantation Surgery ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c Helios Hospital Emil von Behring   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical anastomosis; Esophageal cancer; Esophageal resection; Intrathoracic anastomosis; Transhiatal; Transthoracic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; ESOPHAGOGASTROSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECK; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84864515047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-10-159     Document Type: Article

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