Concomitant preoperative airflow obstruction confers worse prognosis after trans-thoracic surgery for esophageal cancer

Concomitant preoperative airflow obstruction confers worse prognosis after trans-thoracic surgery for esophageal cancer

BackgroundAirflow obstruction is a critical element of chronic airway diseases. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of preoperative airflow obstruction on the prognosis of patients following surgery for esophageal carcinoma.MethodsA total of 821 esophageal cancer patients were included and class...

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Main Authors: Ke Lang, Xiaocen Wang, Tingting Wei, Zhaolin Gu, Yansha Song, Dong Yang, Hao Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
Subjects:
esophageal cancer
survival
airflow obstruction
lung function
decision-making
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2022.966340/full

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