Spontaneous esophageal perforation in an acute burn patient

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 641-644

  Haws, Melinda J ^a   Kucan, John O ^a   Zamboni, William A ^a   Hussmann, Jurgen ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH DISTENSION; STOMACH PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 0030447632     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199612000-00013     Document Type: Article

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