Spontaneous closure of a large tracheal fistula due to descending necrotizing mediastinitis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1249-1251

  Kato, Hiroshi ^a   Ohkubo, Nobukazu ^a   Akazawa, Kenji ^a   Iseki, Hiroyoshi ^a   Haruna, Masaki ^a  

^a Depts of Cardiovascular Surgery   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FISTULA; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA DISEASE;

EID: 0034013631     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01410-1     Document Type: Article

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