Quality of Life After an Esophagectomy

Autor: Todd L. Demmy, Steven J. Nurkin, Sartaj S. Sanghera
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Surgical Clinics of North America. 92:1315-1335
ISSN: 0039-6109
Popis: Specialized centers have reduced the adverse outcomes associated with esophagectomy in the last 2 decades and now report operative mortalities of less than 5%. With the expanding use of screening endoscopy, early invasive esophageal adenocarcinoma is diagnosed more commonly. As a result, more patients enjoy long-term survival after curative resection. Simultaneously, emerging evidence supports the equivalence of competing endoscopic therapies for treatment of very early cancers and benign diseases. Accordingly, surgical resection requires re-evaluation using enhanced parameters to enable more meaningful comparative outcome analyses. This article summarizes the current evidence and examines future directions regarding esophagectomy quality of life.
Databáze: OpenAIRE