Successful repair of primary concomitant aortobronchial and aortoesophageal fistulas

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1779-1781

  Tkebuchava, Tengis ^a   Von Segesser, Ludwig K ^a   Turina, Marko I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; METRONIDAZOLE; NETILMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FISTULA; BRONCHUS FISTULA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030879073     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00333-0     Document Type: Article

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