Sutures, staplers, leaks and strictures. A review of anastomoses in oesophageal resection at Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast 1977–1986

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 97-100

  McManus, K G ^a   Ritchie, A J ^a   McGuigan, J ^a   Stevenson, H M ^a   Gibbons, J R P ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leak; Carcinoma; Mechanical stapling devices; Oesophagus; Resection

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; STAPLER; STOMACH TUMOR; SUTURING METHOD; UNITED KINGDOM; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CONSULTANTS; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NORTHERN IRELAND; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL STAPLERS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0025081684     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1010-7940(90)90222-L     Document Type: Article

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