Successful treatment of mediastinal gas gangrene due to esophageal perforation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2143-2145

  Salo, Jarmo A ^a   Savola, Jukka K ^b   Toikkanen, Vesa J ^b   Perhoniemi, Vesa J ^b   Pettilä, Ville Y O ^b   Klossner, Jorma A ^b   Toivonen, Hannu J ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GAS GANGRENE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; MALLORY WEISS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAS GANGRENE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034535539     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02019-1     Document Type: Article

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