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Editorial
. 2019 Nov;11(11):E243-E246.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.10.12.

Recent advances in defining and benchmarking complications after esophagectomy

Lucas Goense  1 , Jelle P Ruurda  1 , Richard van Hillergersberg  1
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Editorial

Recent advances in defining and benchmarking complications after esophagectomy

Lucas Goense et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Nov.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

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Benchmark values of minimally invasive esophagectomy. Results better than the given thresholds are considered to be within the benchmark. [Reprinted with permission from (12)].
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Comment on

  • Benchmarking Complications Associated with Esophagectomy.
    Low DE, Kuppusamy MK, Alderson D, Cecconello I, Chang AC, Darling G, Davies A, D'Journo XB, Gisbertz SS, Griffin SM, Hardwick R, Hoelscher A, Hofstetter W, Jobe B, Kitagawa Y, Law S, Mariette C, Maynard N, Morse CR, Nafteux P, Pera M, Pramesh CS, Puig S, Reynolds JV, Schroeder W, Smithers M, Wijnhoven BPL. Low DE, et al. Ann Surg. 2019 Feb;269(2):291-298. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002611. Ann Surg. 2019. PMID: 29206677

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