Conservative surgical treatment of a profoundly immunosuppressed pediatric patient with Boerhaave syndrome

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 616-617

  Lee, Timothy C ^a   Dreyer, ZoAnn E ^a   Brandt, Mary L ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Boerhaave syndrome; Pediatric; T tube drainage

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIET; DRAIN; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; T TUBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; REMISSION INDUCTION; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SYNDROME;

EID: 28144442265     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mph.0000188113.42576.96     Document Type: Article

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