Perforation of the piriform recessus by a swallowed glass splinter presenting as pneumomediastinum in a child

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 643-645

  Okada, T ^a   Sasaki, F ^a   Todo, S ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emergency operation; Perforation of the piriform recessus; Pneumomediastinum; Swallowed glass splinter

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPY; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; PHARYNGOSCOPY; PHARYNX; PIRIFORM RECESSUS; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SWALLOWING;

DEGLUTITION; ENDOSCOPY; FOREIGN BODIES; GLASS; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNX; INFANT; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 5344268795     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-004-1249-9     Document Type: Review

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