Impact of a multidisciplinary standardized clinical pathway on perioperative outcomes in patients with oesophageal cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-112

  Preston, S R ^a   Markar, S R ^b   Baker, C R ^a   Soon, Y ^a   Singh, S ^a   Low, D E ^b  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84870867962     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.8974     Document Type: Article

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