Treatment of thoracic anastomotic leaks after esophagectomy with self-expanding plastic stents

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 240, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 801-807

  Hünerbein, Michael ^a   Stroszczynski, Christian ^a   Moesta, Kurt T ^a   Schlag, Peter M ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER; SILICONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGOGASTROSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXPANDING PLASTIC STENT; STENT; THORACOTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTICS; STENTS;

EID: 7044269578     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000143122.76666.ae     Document Type: Article

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