Laparoscopic transhiatal resection for malignancies of the distal esophagus: outcome of the first 50 resected patients

Surgery. 2008 Feb;143(2):278-85. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2007.08.019. Epub 2007 Dec 27.

Authors

John J G Scheepers¹, Alexander A F A Veenhof, Donald L van der Peet, Cees van Groeningen, Chris Mulder, Sybren Meijer, Miguel A Cuesta

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center (VUmc), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 18242345
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2007.08.019

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aged
Esophageal Neoplasms / mortality
Esophageal Neoplasms / pathology
Esophageal Neoplasms / surgery*
Esophagectomy
Female
Hemorrhage / etiology
Hemorrhage / surgery
Humans
Laparoscopy / methods*
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Staging
Retrospective Studies
Splenectomy
Survival Analysis
Treatment Outcome