Unusual case of Boerhaave syndrome, diagnosed late and successfully treated by Abbott's T-tube

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 539-540

  Santini, Mario ^a   Fiorello, Alfonso ^a   Cappabianca, Salvatore ^a   Vicidomini, Giovanni ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T TUBE; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34447643382     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.04.033     Document Type: Article

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