Endoscopic treatment of a recalcitrant esophageal fistula with new tools: Stents, Surgisis, and nitinol staples (with video)

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 647-650

  Tringali, Andrea ^a   Daniel, Feisal B ^a   Familiari, Pietro ^a   Perri, Vincenzo ^a   Mutignani, Massimiliano ^a   Vitelli, Carlo E ^b   Costamagna, Guido ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITINOL;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE COURSE; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROSCOPY; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; INTRATHORACIC ESOPHAGOGASTRIC ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STENT; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC CAVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALLOYS; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; REOPERATION; STENTS; STOMACH; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SUTURES;

EID: 77954572133     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.11.047     Document Type: Article

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