Treatment of spontaneous esophageal rupture with a covered self- expanding metal stent

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 777-780

  Yuasa, N ^a   Hattori, T ^a   Kobayashi, Y ^a   Miyata, K ^a   Hayashi, Y ^a   Seko, H ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033029021     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(99)70300-7     Document Type: Article

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