Transabdominal approach for management of Boerhaave's syndrome

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 511-513

  Khan, Aamir Z ^a   Forshaw, Mathew J ^a   Davies, Andrew R ^a   Youngstein, Taryn ^a   Mason, Robert C ^a   Botha, Abraham J ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMA; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; THORACOTOMY; ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE; SYNDROME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ABDOMEN; AGED; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DRAINAGE; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SYNDROME;

EID: 34250177278     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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