Routine or on demand radiological contrast examination in the diagnosis of anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 699-702

  Honing, Judith ^a   Pultrum, Bareld B ^a   Van Der Jagt, Eric J ^a   Groen, Henk ^a   Plukker, John Th M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leakage; Contrast examination; Esophageal cancer; Esophagectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73449137212     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21401     Document Type: Article

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