Successful conservative treatment for esophageal perforation by a fish bone associated with mediastinitis

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 2190-2192

  Nozoe, Tadahiro ^a   Kitamura, Masayuki ^b   Adachi, Yosuke ^b   Funahashi, Satoru ^b   Yoh, Rinken ^b   Iso, Yasunori ^b   Matsumata, Takashi ^b   Sugimachi, Keizo ^b  

^a Saiseikai Yahata Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Conservative therapy; Early diagnosis; Esophageal perforation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FISH; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION;

AGED; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CEFMETAZOLE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS; FISHES; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; STARVATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032412930     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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