War injuries to the thoracic esophagus

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 572-574

  Ilic, Nenad ^a   Petricevic, Ante ^a   Mimica, Zeljko ^a   Tanfara, Sonja ^a   Ilic, Nives Frleta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Surgical treatment; War injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROATIA; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CROATIA; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAR; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0032445599     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(98)00246-2     Document Type: Article

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