Presternal gastric bypass for late postpneumonectomy esophagopleural fistula

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 202-203

  Dosios, T ^a   Karavokyros, I ^a,b   Felekouras, E ^a   Sigala, F ^a   Pikoulis, E ^a   Spyrakos, S ^a   Papalambros, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Esophageal bypass; Esophageal fistula; Esophagopleural fistula; Presternal gastric conduit

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS RECONSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH BYPASS; THORAX DRAINAGE;

AGED; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PLEURAL DISEASES; PNEUMONECTOMY; RADIOTHERAPY; STOMACH; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29144468937     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2005.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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