Use of temporary esophageal stent in management of perforations after benign esophageal surgery

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-285

  Yano, Fumiaki ^a   El Sherif, Amr ^a   Filipi, Charles J ^a   Mittal, Sumeet K ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic surgical procedure; Esophageal perforation; Postoperative complications; Stents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION;

ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53549133457     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31816b4bbd     Document Type: Article

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