Successful repair of aortoesophageal fistula secondary to traumatic pseudoaneurysm

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 936-938

  Chughtai, Talat S ^a   Sheiner, Nathan M ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FALSE ANEURYSM; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; FISTULA; HUMANS; MALE; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0032168496     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00647-X     Document Type: Article

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