Thirty-four cases of esophageal perforation: The experience of a district general hospital in the UK

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 616-625

  Griffiths, E A ^a   Yap, N ^b   Poulter, J ^b   Hendrickse, M T ^b   Khurshid, M ^b  

^a FURNESS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Esophageal perforation; Esophagus; Spontaneous rupture; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; THORACOTOMY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; THORACOTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949141848     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2009.00959.x     Document Type: Article

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