Successful sealing of benign esophageal leaks after temporary placement of a self-expanding plastic stent without fluoroscopic guidance

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1031-1038

  Radecke, Klaus ^a   Lang, H ^a   Frilling, A ^a   Gerken, G ^a   Treichel, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Dominikus Krankenhaus Dusseldorf Heerdt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Esophageal anastomotic insufficiency; Esophageal leak; Esophageal perforation; Esophageal stent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; ESOPHAGEAL LEAK; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FORCEPS; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STENT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750909268     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-927047     Document Type: Article

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