Open AccessImmune Responses and Prediction of Major Infection in Patients Undergoing Transhiatal or Transthoracic Esophagectomy for Cancer
Author(s) -
Johanna W. van Sandick,
Suzanne S. Gisbertz,
Ineke J. M. ten Berge,
Marja A. Boermeester,
Tineke C. T. M. van der Pouw Kraan,
Theo A. Out,
H. Obertop,
J. Jan B. van Lanschot
Publication year - 2003
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 - 10.1097/00000658-200301000-00006
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagectomy , immune system , esophageal cancer , cytokine , lymphocyte , surgery , gastroenterology , immunology , cancer
To investigate alterations in immune responses after transhiatal versus transthoracic esophageal resection and to evaluate the role of preoperative immune functions in predicting postoperative infectious complications.