Gastric conduit staple line after esophagectomy: To oversew or not?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1491-1492

  Boone, Judith ^a   Rinkes, Inne H M Borel ^a   van Hillegersberg, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CONDUIT; STOMACH SURGERY; SURGICAL STAPLING;

AGED; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SURGICAL STAPLING;

EID: 33751439707     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.08.017     Document Type: Article

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