Corrosive ingestion and the surgeon

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 508-522

  Hugh, Thomas B ^a,b   Kelly, Michael D ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT'S CLINIC   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALKALI; AMMONIA; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; HYPOCHLORITE; PHOSPHORIC ACID; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SULFURIC ACID;

CHEMICAL BURN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORROSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS RECONSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INGESTION; LAPAROSCOPY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PH; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH MUCOSA; SUICIDE; THORAX PAIN; TISSUE NECROSIS;

BURNS, CHEMICAL; CAUSTICS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DEGLUTITION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; SUICIDE;

EID: 0032709199     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(99)00160-X     Document Type: Review

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