The clinicopathologic factors in 50 gastrectomized and 83 1 nongastrectomized patients with thoracic esophageal carcinoma were compared. The differences in various factors were not statistically significant except for the average duration of operation, which suggests that the association of esophage
Endosonography in patient selection for surgical treatment of esophageal carcinoma
โ Scribed by Manson Fok; Stephen W. K. Cheng; John Wong
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 901 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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