Treatment of thoracic esophageal anastomotic leaks and esophageal perforations with endoluminal stents: Efficacy and current limitations

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1168-1176

  Tuebergen, Dirk ^a   Rijcken, Emile ^a   Mennigen, Rudolf ^a   Hopkins, Ann M ^b   Senninger, Norbert ^a   Bruewer, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Endoluminal stent; Endoscopy; Esophageal leak; Esophageal perforation; Esophageal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STENT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46249110534     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-008-0500-4     Document Type: Article

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