Reply to Letter: "Poorer Survival for Stage IIa Patients After Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy"

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, pennathura@upmc.edu Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, luketichjd@upmc.edu.

Comment

Arjun Pennathur et al. Ann Surg. 2015 Aug.

. 2015 Aug;262(2):e45-7.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000864.

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, pennathura@upmc.edu Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, luketichjd@upmc.edu.

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Outcomes after minimally invasive esophagectomy: review of over 1000 patients.
Luketich JD, Pennathur A, Awais O, Levy RM, Keeley S, Shende M, Christie NA, Weksler B, Landreneau RJ, Abbas G, Schuchert MJ, Nason KS. Luketich JD, et al. Ann Surg. 2012 Jul;256(1):95-103. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182590603. Ann Surg. 2012. PMID: 22668811 Free PMC article.
Poorer Survival for Stage IIa Patients After Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy.
Wahed S, Michael Griffin S. Wahed S, et al. Ann Surg. 2015 Aug;262(2):e45. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000532. Ann Surg. 2015. PMID: 24670854 No abstract available.