Old-fashioned but modern tube cervical esophagostomy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 385-387

  Higaki, Fumiyo ^a   Oishi, Masahiro ^a   Higaki, Takaya ^a   Hayata, Yuu ^a  

^a Tottori Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decompression; Feeding tube; Nasogastric tube; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; Terminal; Tube cervical esophagostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION; ESOPHAGOSTOMY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDING; HUMAN; JAPAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUBE CERVICAL ESOPHAGOSTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ESOPHAGOSTOMY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747112700     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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