Trends in the management of esophageal carcinoma based on provider volume: treatment practices of 618 esophageal surgeons

Autor: John G. Hunter, Blair A. Jobe, Ashley H. Vernon, Brian S. Diggs, Robert W. O’Rourke, Charles Y. Kim, James D. Luketich, Kyle A. Perry, C. K. Enestvedt, P. W. McConnell
Rok vydání: 2009
Předmět:
Diagnostic Imaging
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Palliative care
Esophageal Neoplasms
medicine.medical_treatment
Private Practice
Workload
Medical Oncology
Specialties
Surgical
Surgical Stapling
medicine
Carcinoma
Humans
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
Esophagus
Practice Patterns
Physicians'
Neoadjuvant therapy
Neoplasm Staging
Academic Medical Centers
business.industry
General surgery
Anastomosis
Surgical
Palliative Care
Suture Techniques
Gastroenterology
Thoracic Surgery
General Medicine
Esophageal cancer
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Neoadjuvant Therapy
Surgery
Distal intestinal obstruction syndrome
Esophagectomy
medicine.anatomical_structure
Private practice
Chemotherapy
Adjuvant
General Surgery
Lymphatic Metastasis
Lymph Node Excision
Female
Radiotherapy
Adjuvant
Stents
medicine.symptom
business
Zdroj: Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus. 23(2)
ISSN: 1442-2050
Popis: SUMMARY Controversy exists regarding optimal treatment practices for esophageal cancer. Esophagectomy has received focus as one of the index procedures for both hospital and surgical quality despite a relative paucity of controlled trials to define best practices. A survey was created to determine the degree of heterogeneity in the treatment of esophageal cancer among a diverse group of surgeons and to use high-volume (HV) (≥15 cases/year) and low-volume (LV) (
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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