Spontaneous rupture of the esophagus: A 30-year experience

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 689-692

  Pate, James W ^a   Walker, William A ^a   Cole Jr , F Hammond ^a   Owen, Edmond W ^a   Johnson, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0024383001     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(89)90119-7     Document Type: Article

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