Favourable long-term survival of patients with esophageal cancer treated with extended transhiatal esophagectomy combined with en bloc lymphadenectomy: results from a retrospective observational cohort study

Favourable long-term survival of patients with esophageal cancer treated with extended transhiatal esophagectomy combined with en bloc lymphadenectomy: results from a retrospective observational cohort study

Abstract Background Although considered complex and challenging, esophagectomy remains the best potentially curable treatment option for resectable esophageal and esophagogastric junction (AEG) carcinomas. The optimal surgical approach and technique as well as the extent of lymphadenectomy, particul...

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Main Authors: Dino Kröll, Yves Michael Borbély, Bastian Dislich, Tobias Haltmeier, Thomas Malinka, Matthias Biebl, Rupert Langer, Daniel Candinas, Christian Seiler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Surgery
Subjects:
Esophageal cancer
Extended transhiatal esophagectomy
Long-term survival
En bloc lymphadenectomy
Short-term outcome
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12893-020-00855-z

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