Esophagectomy in patients 80 years of age and older with carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus
β Scribed by Masaru Morita; Akinori Egashira; Rintaro Yoshida; Keisuke Ikeda; Kippei Ohgaki; Kotaro Shibahara; Eiji Oki; Noriaki Sadanaga; Yoshihiro Kakeji; Yoshihiko Maehara
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 208 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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