title: The change of therapy in esophagus carcinoma between 1975-1996.
abstract: 196 patients were assigned to an operation because of esophagus carcinoma between 20.05.1975 and 30.09.1996. Whereas until 1984 the surgical treatment was predominantly characterized by the uni-cavity operation, we increasingly practice the bi-cavity operation since them. By this procedure the resection rate could be extended up to 70.1%. As to be expected, most of the carcinomas were positioned in the medium third of the esophagus, the predominant tumor type was the squamos cell carcinoma, 85% of the patients had a stage three tumor. The mortality rate was 19.1% within the period of 6 weeks after the operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Ruhr-University Bochum, FRG.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Haarmann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Smektala
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Metzger
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wysocki
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kozuschek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003106:Colon / Q000637:transplantation; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000637:transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010166:Palliative Care; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery; D015996:Survival Rate