Anastomotic complications after esophagectomy for cancer

The surgical treatment of carcinoma of the oesophagus with special reference to a new operation for growths of the middle third

Ivor Lewis · British journal of surgery · 1946 · 579 citations

Medicine, Surgery, Neoplasia +6

Use of the Stomach as an Esophageal Substitute

Hiroshi Akiyama, Hikaru Miyazono, Masahiko Tsurumaru et al. · Annals of Surgery · 1978 · 202 citations

Medicine, Clinical Sciences, Surgery +13

Transthoracic Esophagectomy: A Safe Approach to Carcinoma of the Esophagus

Douglas J. Mathisen, Hermes C. Grillo, Earle W. Wilkins et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 1988 · 196 citations · Full text

Medicine, Oncology, Surgery +12

Esophagogastric anastomosis performed with a stapler: the occurrence of leakage and stricture.

J. Wong, H. Y. Cheung, Raphael C. Lui et al. · PubMed · 1987 · 153 citations

Medicine, Surgery, Gastroenterology +10

Transthoracic versus Extrathoracic Esophagectomy: Mortality, Morbidity, and Long-term Survival

David M. Shahian, Wilford B. Neptune, F. Henry Ellis et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 1986 · 135 citations

Medicine, Oncology, Surgery +14