Randomised trial, Minimally Invasive Oesophagectomy versus open oesophagectomy for patients with resectable oesophageal cancer

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 462-464

  Cuesta, Miguel A ^a   Biere, Surya S A Y ^a   van Berge Henegouwen, Mark I ^b   van der Peet, Donald L ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPUTUM CULTURE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACOTOMY; X RAY;

EID: 84868273570     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2012.08.12     Document Type: Editorial

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