Outcomes After Transhiatal and Transthoracic Esophagectomy for Cancer Andrew C. Chang, MD, Hong Ji, MSc, Nancy J. Birkmeyer, PhD, Mark B. Orringer, MD, John D. Birkmeyer, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 85, Issue 2, Pages 424-429 (February 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.007 Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Patient identification algorithm. (CPT = Current Procedural Technology; ICD-9 = International Classification of Diseases, version 9; SEER = Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, 424-429DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.007) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier plots describing overall survival for patients undergoing either transthoracic esophagectomy (TTE [solid line]) or transhiatal esophagectomy (THE [dashed line]), based on the SEER-Medicare linked database, 1992 to 2002. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, 424-429DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.007) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions