Systematic review and pooled analysis assessing the association between elderly age and outcome following surgical resection of esophageal malignancy

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 250-262

  Markar, S R ^a   Karthikesalingam, A ^b   Thrumurthy, S ^b   Ho, A ^b   Muallem, G ^b   Low, D E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Esophageal cancer; Esophagectomy; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT COUNSELING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875810046     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2012.01353.x     Document Type: Review

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