Systematic approach of postoperative gastric conduit complications after esophageal resection

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-121

  Scheepers, J J G ^a   van der Peet, D L ^a   Veenhof, A A F A ^a   Heijnen, B ^a   Cuesta, M A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leakage; Esophageal cancer; Esophagectomy; Flexible endoscopy; Gastric tube failure

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PLEURA EMPYEMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; THORACOTOMY; ANASTOMOSIS; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS RECONSTRUCTION; GASTROSCOPY; ISCHEMIA; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MEDIASTINITIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VASCULARIZATION;

ABSCESS; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOPLASTY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MEDIASTINITIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953175459     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2009.00970.x     Document Type: Article

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