Open AccessNumber of Lymph Node Metastases Determined by Presurgical Ultrasound and Endoscopic Ultrasound Is Related to Prognosis in Patients With Esophageal Carcinoma
Author(s) -
Shoji Natsugoe,
Heiji Yoshinaka,
Mikio Shimada,
Fumiko Sakamoto,
Toshiyuki Morinaga,
Shizuo Nakano,
Chikara Kusano,
Masamichi Baba,
Sonshin Takao,
Takashi Aikou
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200111000-00005
Subject(s) - medicine , lymph node , ultrasound , radiology , stage (stratigraphy) , endoscopic ultrasound , lymphadenectomy , lymph , esophagectomy , carcinoma , metastasis , lymph node metastasis , esophageal cancer , cancer , pathology , paleontology , biology
To analyze the impact on prognosis of the number of lymph node metastases detected by ultrasound and endoscopic ultrasound in patients with esophageal carcinoma.