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SUBMITTER: Muneoka Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6402227 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Muneoka Yusuke Y Ichikawa Hiroshi H Kosugi Shin-Ichi SI Hanyu Takaaki T Ishikawa Takashi T Kano Yosuke Y Shimada Yoshifumi Y Nagahashi Masayuki M Sakata Jun J Kobayashi Takashi T Kameyama Hitoshi H Akazawa Kohei K Wakai Toshifumi T
Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) 20190221
<h4>Background</h4>Surgical stress and inflammation can cause hyperbilirubinemia, which sometimes occurs after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer (EC). The aim of this study was to elucidate the clinical significance of postoperative hyperbilirubinemia in the management of EC patients.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>We retrospectively reviewed records of 81 EC patients who underwent esophagectomy from 2009 to 2014. We compared the clinicopathological and perioperative factors, including the prese ...[more]