Temporary stent placement in 2 cases of aortoesophageal fistula

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 599-602

  Zuber Jerger, Ina ^a   Hempel, Ursula ^a   Rockmann, Felix ^a   Klebl, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA GRAFT; AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS PROSTHESIS; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATEMESIS; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETREATMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 49949098215     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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