Long-term function and quality of life after esophageal resection for cancer and Barrett's.
Esophagectomy is the treatment of choice for cancer or high-grade dysplasia. Although the patients frequently experience symptoms postoperatively, their quality of life is most often comparable to that of a control population. This article provides details of post-esophagectomy symptomatology and examines how quality of life can be measured in these patients.
Deschamps
Claude
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Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. deschamps.claude@mayo.edu
Nichols
Francis C
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Cassivi
Stephen D
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Allen
Mark S
MS
Pairolero
Peter C
PC
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001471:Barrett Esophagus / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome