Surgical approach and the impact of epidural analgesia on survival after esophagectomy for cancer: A population-based retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Esophagectomy for esophageal cancer carries high morbidity and mortality, particularly in older patients. Transthoracic esophagectomy allows formal lymphadenectomy, but leads to greater perioperative morbidity and pain than transhiatal esophagectomy. Epidural analgesia may attenuate the...

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Autores principales: Cummings III, Kenneth C., Kou, Tzuyung Doug, Chak, Amitabh, Schluchter, Mark D., Margevicius, Seunghee, Cooper, Gregory S., Meropol, Neal J., Perry, Yaron, Linden, Philip A., Cummings, Linda C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6342325/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30668599
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211125

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