Six thousand one hundred twenty-three cases of carcinoma of the esophagus and gastric cardia were treated surgically from 1965 to 1985. Overall resectability was 89.9%. Postoperative mortality was 3%, and incidence of postoperative complication, 10.3%. Follow-up rate was 91.3%, with 5 year survival
Follow-up results of the operative cases with carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus and the cardia
β Scribed by Kasai, M. ;Abo, S. ;Marino, K. ;Watanabe, T. ;Hirota, M. ;Ito, T. ;Watanabe, S. ;Oikawa, H. ;Tachibana, T.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1968
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 140 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0435-1339
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