title: Results of esophagectomy and gastric bypass for cancer of the esophagus.
abstract: Improvements in operative technique and perioperative management have lowered hospital mortality of esophageal resection at our department from 31% to 8% during the past decade. Cumulative 5-year-survival rate depending on the tumor stage only remained unchanged at 21%. Neither extended resection nor perioperative chemo- or radio-therapy show any advantage compared to conventional resection or blunt dissection regarding long-term survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Cologne, FRG.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Zieren
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wolters
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pichlmaier
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors