## Backgrounds and Objectives: In Japan, extended esophagectomy with extensive lymphadenectomy has become the standard surgical procedure for carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus. Although mortality and morbidity rates after such extensive esophagectomy have been acceptable, the long-term outcomes
Esophagectomy for metastatic carcinoma of the esophagus from lung cancer
โ Scribed by Tadayuki Oka; Hiroyoshi Ayabe; Katsunobu Kawahara; Yutaka Tagawa; Shinsuke Hara; Hiroharu Tsuji; Hiroyuki Kusano; Masao Tomita; Masamoto Nakano
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 486 KB
- Volume
- 71
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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