Treatment of oesophageal carcinoma at a small rural hospital.
Twenty patients were treated for carcinoma of the mid- or lower oesophagus over a 3-year period by a general surgeon working in a small rural hospital of 165 beds. Fourteen patients underwent oesophagectomy and six had palliative intubation. There were no hospital deaths, and no anastomotic complications; immediate and longer term outcomes were similar to those reported from larger, specialist units. Acceptable results for the surgical treatment of this disorder can be obtained by a generalist working in a small peripheral unit.
Reasbeck
P G
PG
Louth County Hospital, Lincolnshire, UK.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D016629:Esophagectomy; D005260:Female; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D015996:Survival Rate; D006113:United Kingdom