Prevention of postoperative pulmonary complications through intensive preoperative respiratory rehabilitation in patients with esophageal cancer
- 12 March 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Diseases of the Esophagus
- Vol. 26 (1), 68-74
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-2050.2012.01336.x
Abstract
Summary. Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) after esophagectomy have been reported to occur in 15.9–30% of patients and lead to increased postoperatiThis publication has 39 references indexed in Scilit:
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