Mechanical tracheal obstruction due to an intramural esophageal hematoma following endoscopic variceal sclerotherapy

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 690-692

  Reed, Anthony R ^a,b   Michell, William L ^a   Krige, Jake E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INJECTION; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SCLEROTHERAPY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; TRACHEAL STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; INJURY; TRACHEA STENOSIS;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; SCLEROTHERAPY; TRACHEAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0035408347     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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