Thoracic esophageal perforations: A decade of experience

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1071-1074

  Port, Jeffrey L ^a   Kent, Michael S ^a   Korst, Robert J ^a   Bacchetta, Matthew ^a   Altorki, Nasser K ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INJURY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; T TUBE; THORAX INJURY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRAINAGE; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037385424     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04650-7     Document Type: Article

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