Management of esophageal perforations: The value of aggressive surgical treatment

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-165

  Richardson, J David ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal perforation; Muscle flap

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CANCER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; EMPYEMA; ESOPHAGOSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS DIVERTICULOSIS; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MORBIDITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE FLAP; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PLEURA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACIC SPINE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 22044452702     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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