Computed tomography versus water-soluble contrast swallow in the detection of intrathoracic anastomotic leak complicating esophagogastrectomy (ivor lewis): A prospective study in 97 patients

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 251, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 647-651

  Strauss, Christiane ^a   Mal, Frederic ^a   Perniceni, Thierry ^a   Bouzar, Nadia ^a   Lenoir, Stephane ^a   Gayet, Brice ^a   Palau, Robert ^a  

^a INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGOGASTRECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FIBRIN DEPOSITION; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFEEDING;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77950807062     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181c1aeb8     Document Type: Article

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