The diagnosis and treatment of esophageal perforations resulting from nonmalignant causes

Surgery Today

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 793-800

  Mizutani, Kyoichi ^a,b   Makuuchi, Hiroyasu ^a   Tajima, Tomoo ^a   Mitomi, Toshio ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Esophageal perforation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EMPYEMA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE;

ADULT; AGED; EMPYEMA; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030764326     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02385268     Document Type: Article

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