Precautions for avoiding pulmonary morbidity after esophagectomy

Abstract Pulmonary morbidity is the most common complication after esophagectomy. Importantly, it is the main cause of surgery‐related mortality and possibly adversely affects the long‐term outcome after surgery in patients with esophageal cancer. There is considerable accumulated evidence on multid...

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Main Authors: Naoya Yoshida, Kazuto Harada, Masaaki Iwatsuki, Yoshifumi Baba, Hideo Baba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-09-01
Series:Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ags3.12354