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2489263

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-5-29
pubmed:abstractText
This is a study of esophageal resection for cancer of the esophagus in 40 patients, 34 of which were diagnosed as squamous carcinoma and 6 as adenocarcinoma excluding the cardias, tumor localization includes cervical esophagus in one case and all the rest in the thoracic esophagus, 2 in the proximal third, 25 in the middle third and 12 in the distal third. With regard to surgical approach, 11 were treated with total esophagectomy (7 Akiyama, 4 transhiatal resection) and of the 29 treated, of subtotal esophagectomy, 24 were according to the Lewis technique and 5 through a left-sided thoracotomy. Reconstruction was done with stomach in 33 cases six with colon and one with jejunum. Complications were detected in 52.5% the patients with pleuro-pulmonary being the most frequent, anastomotic dehiscence occurred in 5 cases (4 of which were chose manually). The operative mortality rate was 5% and the actuarial survival at 5 years was at 28.4%.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0556-6177
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
155-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[Esophagectomy for esophageal cancer excluding cardial involvement. Analysis of 40 cases].
pubmed:affiliation
Dpto de Cirugía General y Digestiva, Clínica Universitaria, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract