Superiority of minimally invasive oesophagectomy in reducing in-hospital mortality of patients with resectable oesophageal cancer: A meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Zhou, Can ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Wang, Hua ^a   Ma, Xiaoxia ^a   Shi, Bohui ^a   Chen, Wuke ^a   He, Jianjun ^a   Wang, Ke ^a   Liu, Peijun ^a   Ren, Yu ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GASTRIC TIP NECROSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; META ANALYSIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPLICATION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; NECROSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; NECROSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84941355923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132889     Document Type: Article

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