Our experience on management of Boerhaave's syndrome with late presentation

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-67

  Wang, Y ^a   Zhang, R ^a   Zhou, Y ^a   Li, X ^a   Cheng, Q ^a   Liu, K ^a   Wang, X ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boerhaave's syndrome; Diagnosis; Management

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; METHYLENE BLUE;

ADULT; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS FEEDING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DRAINAGE; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JEJUNOSTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58749108488     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2008.00858.x     Document Type: Review

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