Results of Gastric Pull-up Reconstruction for Pharyngolaryngo-oesophagectomy in Advanced Head and Neck Cancer and Cervical Oesophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

To study long-term clinical swallowing function and survival outcome in head and neck and cervical oesophageal cancer patients who underwent pharyngolaryngo-oesophagectomy (PLE). Methods: The clinical data of 48 patients who were treated with PLE were analysed. All patients had advanced disease, so...

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Main Authors: Puttisak Puttawibul, Chuchart Pornpatanarak, Burapat Sangthong, Teeranut Boonpipattanapong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2004-07-01
Series:Asian Journal of Surgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958409600294