Cervical esophageal perforations at the time of endoscopic ultrasound: A prospective evaluation of frequency, outcomes, and patient management

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-56

  Eloubeidi, Mohamad A ^a   Tamhane, Ashutosh ^a   Lopes, Tercio L ^a   Morgan, Desiree E ^b   Cerfolio, Robert J ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CERVICAL ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWALLOWING; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; AGED; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK;

EID: 60749119013     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2008.21     Document Type: Article

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