Modifications in retrosternal reconstruction after oesophagogastrectomy may reduce the incidence of anastomotic leakage

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 359-363

  Hu, Hong ^a,b   Ye, Ting ^a,b   Zhang, Yawei ^a,b   Zhang, Jie ^a,b   Luketich, James D ^c   Chen, Haiquan ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY SHANGHAI CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leakage; Oesophagogastrectomy; Original surgical standard; Retrosternal reconstruction; Technical modification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGOGASTRECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSTERNAL RECONSTRUCTION; TUMOR VOLUME; ANASTOMOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME;

EID: 84871679211     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs015     Document Type: Article

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