Open AccessHealth-related quality of life and survival among 10-year survivors of esophageal cancer surgery: gastric tube reconstruction versus whole stomach reconstruction
Author(s) -
Min Zhang,
Cheng Zhang,
Qingchen Wu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.08.56
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagectomy , dysphagia , esophageal cancer , quality of life (healthcare) , surgery , stomach , cancer , nursing
To compare the health-related quality of life (HRQL) and long-term survival between patients after oncologic esophagectomy with narrow gastric tube (NGT) reconstruction and whole stomach (WS) reconstruction.