Management of esophageal perforation: Experience from a tertiary center in india

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 322-328

  Amudhan, Anbalagan ^a   Rajendran, Shanmugasundaram ^a   Vimal Raj, Vellayudham ^a   Rajarathinam, Govindhasamy ^a   Jyotibasu, D ^a   Ravichandran, Palanisamy ^a   Jeswanth, Satyanesan ^a   Balachandar, Tirupporur Govindaswamy ^a   Kannan, Devy Gounder ^a   Surendran, Rajagopal ^a  

^a Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University   (India)

Author keywords

Dilatation; Early diagnosis; Esophagus; Perforation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH ANTRUM RESECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOSTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INDIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349122546     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000232938     Document Type: Article

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