@article{JTD19094,
author = {Zhentao Yu and Shanqing Li and Deruo Liu and Lunxu Liu and Jianxing He and Yunchao Huang and Shidong Xu and Weimin Mao and Qunyou Tan and Chun Chen and Xiaofei Li and Zhu Zhang and Gening Jiang and Lin Xu and Lanjun Zhang and Jianhua Fu and Hui Li and Qun Wang and Lijie Tan and Danqing Li and Qinghua Zhou and Xiangning Fu and Zhongmin Jiang and Haiquan Chen and Wentao Fang and Xun Zhang and Yin Li and Ti Tong and Yongyu Liu and Xiuyi Zhi and Tiansheng Yan and Xingyi Zhang and Lei Gong and Hongdian Zhang and John B. Downs and Nestor Villamizar and Shugeng Gao and Jie He},
title = {Society for Translational Medicine Expert Consensus on the prevention and treatment of postoperative pulmonary infection in esophageal cancer patients},
journal = {Journal of Thoracic Disease},
volume = {10},
number = {2},
year = {2018},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Esophageal cancer is ranked as the malignant tumor with the 6th highest morbidity and mortality rate worldwide. Chinese people are prone to develop esophageal cancer, and the number of new cases that occur every year account for more than half of the esophageal cancer patients worldwide (1,2). Although reports have confirmed the effectiveness of chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer, esophageal resection remains the primary means of treatment. Anastomotic leaks and pulmonary complications are the most common postoperative complications of esophageal cancer and carcinoma of the gastric cardia. Pulmonary complications have become more noticeable (3) as the incidence of postoperative anastomotic fistula (8–15%) has decreased due to the improvement of surgical techniques, the use of disposable staplers, and the continuous improvement of postoperative nutritional support Cervical and upper thoracic esophageal cancer are associated with a higher risk for postoperative pulmonary infection.},
issn = {2077-6624}, url = {https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/19094}
}