Management of Boerhaave's syndrome: Report of three cases

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-85

  Tsalis, Konstantinos ^a   Vasiliadis, Konstantinos ^a,b   Tsachalis, Theodor ^a   Christoforidis, Emmanuel ^a   Blouhos, Konstantinos ^a   Betsis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Boerhaave's syndrome; Current treatment; Primary esophageal perforation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADULT; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME;

EID: 42449088185     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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