Enhanced recovery pathways lead to an improvement in postoperative outcomes following esophagectomy: systematic review and pooled analysis

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 468-475

  Markar, S R ^a   Karthikesalingam, A ^b   Low, Donald E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

enhanced recovery programs; esophageal cancer; esophagectomy

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; ENHANCED RECOVERY PROGRAM; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG COMPLICATION; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CLINICAL PATHWAY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REHABILITATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897354901     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dote.12214     Document Type: Article

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