Management of postoperative esophageal leaks with the polyflex self-expanding covered plastic stent

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 398-403

  Langer, Felix B ^a   Wenzl, Etienne ^a   Prager, Gerhard ^a   Salat, Andreas ^a   Miholic, Johannes ^a   Mang, Thomas ^a   Zacherl, Johannes ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; STENT; STOMACH SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; STENTS;

EID: 13244260919     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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