Esophageal perforation - The problems of late presentation

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 55, Issue 88, 2008, Pages 2103-2107

  Singh, Rajneesh Kumar ^a   Sahni, Peush ^b   Chattopadhyay, Tushar K ^b  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Esophageal exclusion; Esophageal perforation; Late presentation; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEST PAIN; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEPSIS;

EID: 60849138818     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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