Boerhaave syndrome treated conservatively following early endoscopic diagnosis: A case report

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 341-345

  Matsuda, Akihisa ^a   Miyashita, Masao ^a   Sasajima, Koji ^a   Nomura, Tsutomu ^a   Makino, Hiroshi ^a   Matsutani, Takeshi ^a   Katsuno, Akira ^a   Sasaki, Junpei ^a   Tajiri, Takashi ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boerhaave syndrome; Conservative therapy; Endoscopy; Esophageal rupture

Indexed keywords

GABEXATE MESILATE; IMIPENEM; OMEPRAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHEST PAIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; GABEXATE; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; MALE; OMEPRAZOLE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SUCTION; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 33846053643     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.73.341     Document Type: Article

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