Left thoracic approach for cancer of cardia: Early and late results

International Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-140

  De Carlis, L ^a   Zurleni, F ^a   Ballabio, A ^a   Pirotta, V ^a   Rondinara, G ^a   Sansalone, C V ^a   Colella, G ^a   Slim, A O ^a   Meroni, A ^a   Belli, L ^a   Forti, D ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer of cardia; Cardia; Esophagogastrectomy; Left thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CARDIA CARCINOMA; DEATH; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 9844256094     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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