Barium sulfate as contrast medium for evaluation of postoperative anastomotic leaks

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 482-485

  Tanomkiat, Wiwatana ^a   Galassi, W ^b  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Anastomosis, barium sulfate; Laryngectomy; Surgical esophagectomy

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BARIUM SULFATE; CHEST PAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIATRIZOATE MEGLUMINE; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0034264330     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418500127345730     Document Type: Article

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