Benign gastro-bronchial fistula - An uncommon complication of esophagectomy: Case report

BMC Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Devbhandari, Mohan P ^a   Jain, Rohit ^a   Galloway, Simon ^a   Krysiak, Piotr ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS FISTULA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STOMACH FISTULA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GASTRIC FISTULA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

BRONCHIAL FISTULA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; GASTRIC FISTULA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 23944465952     PISSN: 14712482     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-5-16     Document Type: Article

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