Fatal and life-threatening complications in antireflux surgery: Analysis of 5502 operations

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1573-1577

  Rantanen, T K ^a   Salo, J A ^a   Sipponen, J T ^a,b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Patient Insurance Association   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION;

EID: 0032796404     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1999.01297.x     Document Type: Article

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