Esophagopleural fistula following spontaneous rupture of traction diverticulum

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 344-345

  Agarwal, Vijay ^a   Singh, Sushil Kumar ^a   Siddiqi, Mohd Salman ^a   Joshi, Lalit Mohan ^a   Tandon, Shekhar ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOPLEURAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS DIVERTICULOSIS; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIVERTICULUM, ESOPHAGEAL; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; PLEURAL DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 1242353022     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230301100416     Document Type: Article

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