Two decades of cervical esophagostomy: Indications and outcomes

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 939-941

  Rigberg, David A ^a   Centeno, Joseph M ^a   Blinman, Thane A ^a   Towfigh, Shirin ^a   Mcfadden, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ESOPHAGOSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS BURN; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS RECONSTRUCTION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; SEPSIS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOSTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031661642     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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