Entrapment of a nasopharyngeal temperature probe: An unusual complication during an apparently uneventful elective revision laparoscopic nissen fundoplication

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-35

  Wass, C Thomas ^a   Long, Timothy R ^a   Deschamps, Claude ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous quality improvement; Esophagus; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; GERD; Mechanism; Morbidity; Surgery; Thermistor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NASOPHARNGEAL TEMPERATURE PROBE; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NASOPHARYNX; REOPERATION; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 77953210369     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2009.00968.x     Document Type: Article

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