Esophagectomy outcomes at a mid-volume cancer center utilizing prospective multidisciplinary care and a 2-surgeon team approach

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 380-386

  McCahill, Laurence E ^a,b   May, Mary ^c   Morrow, Jay Bradley ^d   Khandavalli, Sharif ^a,c   Shabahang, Behooz ^c   Kemmeter, Paul ^e   Pimiento, Jose M ^b,c  

^a Metro Health Hospital   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c St Mary's Mercy Medical Center   (United States)

^d Grand River Gastroenterology   (United States)

^e Grand Health Partners   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality assurance; Surgical outcomes; Surgical team

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG COMPLICATION; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

QUALITY ASSURANCE; SURGICAL OUTCOMES; SURGICAL TEAM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84895452816     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.09.013     Document Type: Article

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