Endoscopic treatment of Boerhaave syndrome using a removable self-expandable plastic stent [1]

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 863-864

  Ghassemi, Kourosh F ^a   Rodriguez, Harry J ^a   Vesga, Liana ^a   Stewart, Lygia ^b   McQuaid, Kenneth R ^a   Shah, Janak N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; THERAPY EFFECT; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; PLASTICS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STENTS; SYNDROME;

EID: 34548833027     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000225597.46943.06     Document Type: Letter

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