Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Upper GI Malignancies
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Esophagectomy and Quality of Life
3.2. Gastrectomy and Quality of Life
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Christodoulidis, G.; Kouliou, M.-N.; Koumarelas, K.-E.; Giakoustidis, D.; Athanasiou, T. Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Upper GI Malignancies. Life 2023, 13, 1910. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13091910
Christodoulidis G, Kouliou M-N, Koumarelas K-E, Giakoustidis D, Athanasiou T. Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Upper GI Malignancies. Life. 2023; 13(9):1910. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13091910
Chicago/Turabian StyleChristodoulidis, Grigorios, Marina-Nektaria Kouliou, Konstantinos-Eleftherios Koumarelas, Dimitris Giakoustidis, and Thanos Athanasiou. 2023. "Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Upper GI Malignancies" Life 13, no. 9: 1910. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13091910