Planned Delay of Oral Intake After Esophagectomy Reduces the Cervical Anastomotic Leak Rate and Hospital Length of Stay

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 304-309

  Bolton, John S ^a   Conway, William C ^a   Abbas, Abbas E ^b  

^a OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leak; Esophagectomy; Nutrition; Postoperative care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; EATING; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH; TIME;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; CARCINOMA; EATING; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84895904711     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-013-2322-2     Document Type: Article

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