Intraluminal migration of surgical drains after transhiatal esophagogastrectomy: Radiographic findings and clinical relevance

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 780-785

  Wilmot, Andrew S H ^b   Levine, Marc S ^a,b   Rubesin, Stephen E ^a,b   Kucharczuk, John C ^b   Laufer, Igor ^b  

^a E Z EM Company

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leaks; Barium studies; Esophageal cancer; Esophagogastrectomy; Gastric cancer; Radiography; Surgical complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; DRAINAGE; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34748920619     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2322     Document Type: Article

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