Minimally Invasive Management of Boerhaave's Syndrome

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 317-319

  Ashrafi, Ahmad S ^a   Awais, Omar ^a   Alvelo Rivera, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DYSPHAGIA; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADULT; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; HUMANS; MALE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SYNDROME;

EID: 33845477266     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.05.111     Document Type: Article

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