A decade analysis of trends and outcomes of partial versus total esophagectomy in the United States

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 450-456

  Jafari, Mehraneh D ^a   Halabi, Wissam J ^a   Smith, Brian R ^a   Nguyen, Vinh Q ^b   Phelan, Michael J ^b   Stamos, Michael J ^a   Nguyen, Ninh T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b 5226 Donald Bren Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual volume; Esophageal cancer; Partial esophagectomy; Total esophagectomy; Transthoracic anastomosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL ESOPHAGECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TOTAL ESOPHAGECTOMY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884522000     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182a1b11d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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