Endoscopic vacuum-assisted closure of upper intestinal anastomotic leaks

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 708-711

  Wedemeyer, Jochen ^a   Schneider, Andrea ^a   Manns, Michael P ^a   Jackobs, Steffan ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; STENTS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; VACUUM;

EID: 40949152470     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.10.064     Document Type: Article

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