Diagnosis and management of a mediastinal leak following radical oesophagectomy

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1346-1351

  Griffin, S M ^a   Lamb, P J ^a   Dresner, S M ^a   Richardson, D L ^a   Hayes, N ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTERIC FEEDING; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH DISEASE; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; COHORT STUDIES; DRAINAGE; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034791655     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0007-1323.2001.01918.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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