Treatment strategy for Boerhaave's syndrome

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 98-103

  Ochiai, T ^a   Hiranuma, S ^b   Takiguchi, N ^b   Ito, K ^b   Maruyama, M ^c   Nagahama, T ^c   Kawano, T ^a   Nagai, K ^a   Nishikage, T ^b   Noguchi, N ^a   Takamatsu, S ^a   Kawamura, T ^a   Teremoto, K ^a   Iwai, T ^a   Arii, S ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TSUCHIURA KYODO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Medical Treatment Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boerhaave's syndrome; Esophageal rupture; Esophagectomy; Omental flap; T tube insertion

Indexed keywords

POLYMYXIN B;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; OMENTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; T TUBE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE FLAP;

ADULT; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL FLAPS; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042577501     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2004.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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