Esophageal perforation after sequential double-lung transplantation

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Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 285-287

  Venuta, Federico ^a   Rendina, Erino A ^a   De Giacomo, Tiziano ^a   Ciccone, Anna Maria ^a   Mercadante, Edoardo ^a   Coloni, Giorgio Furio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complications; Esophageal perforation; Lung transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CASE REPORT; DEVASCULARIZATION; ESOPHAGOBRONCHIAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

EID: 0033954410     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.1.285     Document Type: Article

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