Cardiac tamponade as a life-threatening complication in antireflux surgery

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 139-141

  Müller Stich, Beat Peter ^a   Linke, Georg ^a   Leemann, Bettina ^a   Lange, Jochen ^a   Zerz, Andreas ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Complications; Fundoplication; Hiatal hernia repair; Mortality; Surgical staples

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DIAPHRAGM; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART INFARCTION; HEART TAMPONADE; HERNIOPLASTY; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW;

EID: 29944443667     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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