Risk Factors for Complications After Esophageal Cancer Resection

2006162 citationsJournal Articlegreen Open Access

Authors

Pernilla Viklund · Karolinska Institutet

Mats Lindblad · Karolinska Institutet

Ming Lu · Karolinska Institutet

Weimin Ye · Karolinska Institutet

Jan Johansson · Lund University

Jesper Lagergren · Karolinska Institutet

Abstract

High-volume esophageal surgeons seem to lower the risk of anastomotic leakage. More large-scale studies are warranted to establish the roles of the other potentially important risk factors suggested in our study.

Topics & Keywords

Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Esophageal and GI Pathology Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Annals of Surgery

Volume 243, Issue 2, pp. 204-211

DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000197698.17794.eb

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