Epidural abscess: A delayed complication of esophageal stenting for benign stricture

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 568-570

  Boulis, Nicholas M ^a   Armstrong, Wendy S ^a   Chandler, William F ^a   Orringer, Mark B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

ABSCESS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EPIDURAL SPACE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SPINAL DISEASES; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032709625     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00591-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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