2018Journal of Thoracic DiseaseOpen access

Clinical usefulness of the surgical Apgar score for estimating short-term and prognostic outcomes after esophagectomy

Naoya Yoshida, Hideo Baba

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Esophagectomy for esophageal cancer is highly invasive and associated with frequent postoperative morbidity and mortality. Thus, it is considerably important to preoperatively evaluate the surgical risks and to develop a perioperative treatment strategy.

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Esophagectomy for esophageal cancer is highly invasive and associated with frequent postoperative morbidity and mortality. Thus, it is considerably important to preoperatively evaluate the surgical risks and to develop a perioperative treatment strategy.

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Esophagectomy for esophageal cancer is highly invasive and associated with frequent postoperative morbidity and mortality. Thus, it is considerably important to preoperatively evaluate the surgical risks and to develop a perioperative treatment strategy.

Key concepts: Medicine, Esophagectomy, Apgar score, Term (time), Intensive care medicine, General surgery, Surgery, Internal medicine

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