Esophageal Trauma

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-51

  Johnson, Scott B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

caustic; esophageal trauma; esophagus; injury; surgery; trauma

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BARIUM ENEMA; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS RECONSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HERNIA; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALLORY WEISS SYNDROME; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEPSIS; STENT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND CLOSURE;

BURNS, CHEMICAL; CAUSTICS; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41949095138     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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