Quality of Life After Esophagectomy

Overview

Journal Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

Specialties Cardiology & Vascular Diseases
General Surgery
Pulmonary Medicine

Date 2004 Jun 16

PMID 15197690

Citations 5

Authors

Felix G Fernandez

Bryan F Meyers

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Abstract

Esophagectomy is associated with high complication rates and consequent mortality. The 5-year survival for esophageal cancer is also discouraging with rates of 6 to 33% after surgery. Nonsurgical series of selected patients have shown similar survival. Therefore, quality of life may be a better assessment of patient outcomes than survival. At present few reports have address quality of life in patients after esophagectomy, particularly in those patients who succumb quickly to recurrent cancer. This article investigates the determinants of quality of life after esophagectomy and reviews the use of quality of life measures in comparative trials. Quality of life measures may become valuable tools in the selection of patients for esophagectomy.

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