Expanding mesh stent in the emergency treatment of Boerhaave's syndrome

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1482-1483

  Davies, Andrew P ^a   Vaughan, Roger ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; MEDIASTINITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCIES; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STENTS;

EID: 0033035764     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00119-8     Document Type: Article

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