Thoracoscopic esophagectomy using prone positioning

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 399-408

  Noshiro, Hirokazu ^a   Miyake, Shuusuke ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Prone position; Thoracoscopic esophagectomy

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRONE POSITION; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890902337     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: 21861005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5761/atcs.ra.13-00262     Document Type: Review

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