Stent implantation as a treatment option in patients with thoracic anastomotic leaks after esophagectomy

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-53

  Kauer, Werner K H ^a,c   Stein, Hubert J ^a   Dittler, Hans Joachim ^b   Siewert, J Rüdiger ^b  

^a Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität Salzburg ^*  (Austria)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leak; Esophagectomy; Stent implantation

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STENT; THORACIC ANASTOMOTIC LEAK;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENTS; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 37749002544     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9504-5     Document Type: Article

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