Management of major postsurgical gastroesophageal intrathoracic leaks with an endoscopic vacuum-assisted closure system

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 382-386

  Wedemeyer, Jochen ^a   Brangewitz, Mira ^a   Kubicka, Stefan ^a   Jackobs, Steffan ^a   Winkler, Michael ^a   Neipp, Michael ^a   Klempnauer, Jürgen ^a   Manns, Michael P ^a   Schneider, Andrea S ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; ESOPHAGOJEJUNOSTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL INTRATHORACIC LEAK; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; WOUND CLOSURE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; THORACIC DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75749111850     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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