Cervical pharyngostomy: An old technique revisited

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-204

  Kent, Michael S ^a   Awais, Omar ^a   Schuchert, Matthew J ^a   Adusumilli, Prasad S ^a   Keeley, Samuel ^a   Alvelo Rivera, Miguel ^a   Landreneau, Rodney J ^a   Luketich, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ENTERIC FEEDING; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GASTRECTOMY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRECTOMY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGOSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49549116597     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181820ca4     Document Type: Article

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