title: [Surgical risk in the treatment of esophageal cancer. Apropos of 100 consecutive cases].
abstract: One hundred patients with cancer of esophagus, including approximately 30% of serious cases as a result of age or associated affections, were treated by surgery between 1978 and 1982. The operative mortality of 6% confirms the evolution observed currently in specialized departments throughout the world.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D012306:Risk; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence
vernacular_title: Le risque opératoire dans le traitement du cancer oesophagien. A propos de 100 cas consécutifs.