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Management of Postoperative Complications

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Surgery is the only possible curative therapy for esophageal carcinoma. Because 42–45% of the patients show advanced local or systemic disease at first presentation33, only in about 50–65% surgery with curative intention can be offered. Even in this selected patient group 5-year-survival rates vary from 10 – 80%, depending mostly on pathological stage1.

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  1. Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Hugo W. Tilanus (Professor of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery)

  2. Hope Hospital, Salford, UK

    Stephen E. A. Attwood F.R.C.S. (Consultant Surgeon) (Consultant Surgeon)

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Rempe-Sorm, V., Steyerberg, E.W., Tilanus, H.W. (2001). Management of Postoperative Complications. In: Tilanus, H.W., Attwood, S.E.A. (eds) Barrett’s Esophagus. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0829-6_29

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