Corrosive injury to upper gastrointestinal tract: Still a major surgical dilemma

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 32, 2006, Pages 5223-5228

  Keh, Siew Min ^a   Onyekwelu, Nzewi ^b   McManus, Kieran ^b   Mcguigan, Jim ^b  

^a Ear Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid; Alkali; Endoscopy; Oesophageal and gastric carcinoma; Oesophageal stricture; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HOARSENESS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHARYNGITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; RELIABILITY; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION; STRIDOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; VOMITING;

EID: 33748515921     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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