Thoracoscopic vagotomy as a safe adjunct to remedial gastric surgery

American Surgeon

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 540-542

  Schuricht, Alan L ^a   Gowen, George F ^a   Azurin, Daniel J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRODUODENAL ULCER; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SPLEEN INJURY; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; THORACOSCOPY; VAGOTOMY;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; STOMACH ULCER; THORACOSCOPY; ULCER; VAGOTOMY, TRUNCAL;

EID: 0030906997     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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