Radiological detection of post-oesophagectomy anastomotic leak - A comparison between multidetector CT and fluoroscopy

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 967, 2008, Pages 545-548

  Upponi, S ^a   Ganeshan, A ^a   D'Costa, H ^a   Betts, M ^a   Maynard, N ^a   Bungay, H ^a   Slater, A ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTRIC CONDUIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 46849084126     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/30515892     Document Type: Article

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