Self-expandable metal stent for closure of a large leak after total gastrectomy

Case Reports in Gastroenterology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 293-297

  Curcio, G ^a   Mocciaro, F ^a   Tarantino, I ^a   Barresi, L ^a   Pagano, D ^a   Spada, M ^a   Traina, M ^a  

^a MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPLANTATION AND ADVANCED SPECIALIZED THERAPIES ISMETT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gastrectomy; Leak closure; Self expandable metal stent

Indexed keywords

DIATRIZOATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOJEJUNOSTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FISTULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SELF EXPANDABLE METAL STENT; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; STENT; SURGICAL STAPLING; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TOTAL STOMACH RESECTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 78649238967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16620631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000318860     Document Type: Article

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