Short-term outcomes of robotic radical esophagectomy for esophageal cancer by a nontransthoracic approach compared with conventional transthoracic surgery

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 429-434

  Mori, K ^a   Yamagata, Y ^a   Aikou, S ^a   Nishida, M ^a   Kiyokawa, T ^a   Yagi, K ^a   Yamashita, H ^a   Nomura, S ^a   Seto, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

esophageal cancer; lymphadenectomy; minimally invasive esophagectomy; robot assisted surgery; transhiatal esophagectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPYEMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; ROBOTIC RADICAL ESOPHAGECTOMY; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSTHORACIC ESOPHAGECTOMY;

EID: 84978823331     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dote.12345     Document Type: Article

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