Emergency endovascular repair of an aortoesophageal fistula caused by a foreign body

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 129-133

  Assink, Joeri ^a   Vierhout, Bastiaan P ^a   Snellen, Jaap P ^b   Benner, Paul M ^b   Paul, Marinus A ^a   Cuesta, Miguel A ^a   Wisselink, Willem ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Kennemer Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aortoesophageal fistula; Foreign body; Hematemesis; Sengstaken Blakemore tube; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID;

ADULT; AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN BODIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL FLAPS; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 13644266880     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/04-1401R.1     Document Type: Article

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