Surgery in thoracic esophageal perforation: Primary repair is feasible

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 204-209

  Sung, S W ^a   Park, J J ^a   Kim, Y T ^a   Kim, J H ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036912953     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.2002.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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