Herniation of the stomach and necrotizing chest wall infection following laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1029-1031

  Viste, A ^a   Vindenes, H ^a   Gjerde, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Necrotizing fasciitis; Nissen; Oesophagitis; Paraoesophageal hernia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REOPERATION; RUPTURE; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THORAX DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; HERNIA; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; REOPERATION; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STOMACH DISEASES; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THORACIC DISEASES;

EID: 0031255610     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649900518     Document Type: Article

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