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Hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) is associated with less-restrictive ventilatory impairment and less risk for pulmonary complication than open laparotomy in thoracoscopic esophagectomy

Taro Oshikiri, Takashi Yasuda, Kentaro Kawasaki, Hitoshi Harada, Masato Oyama, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Tadayuki Ohara, Hiroyoshi Sendo, Tetsu Nakamura, Yasuhiro Fujino,

Surgery · 2015 · 42 citations · 14 references

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The central role of the propensity score in observational studies for causal effects

Paul R. Rosenbaum, Donald B. Rubin · Biometrika · 1983 · 31K citations · Full text

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Classification of Surgical Complications

Daniel Dindo, Nicolas Demartines, Pierre-Alain Clavien · Annals of Surgery · 2004 · 30.9K citations · Full text

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Minimally invasive versus open oesophagectomy for patients with oesophageal cancer: a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial

Surya S. A. Y. Biere, Mark I. van Berge Henegouwen, K. W. Maas et al. · The Lancet · 2012 · 1.7K citations

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Extended Transthoracic Resection Compared with Limited Transhiatal Resection for Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus

Jan B.F. Hulscher, Johanna W. van Sandick, Angela G. E. M. de Boer et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2002 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Radical Lymph Node Dissection for Cancer of the Thoracic Esophagus

Hiroshi Akiyama, Masahiko Tsurumaru, Harushi Udagawa et al. · Annals of Surgery · 1994 · 901 citations

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