Oesophageal perforations in Iceland: A whole population study on incidence, aetiology and surgical outcome

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 476-480

  Vidarsdottir, H ^a   Blondal, S ^a   Alfredsson, H ^a   Geirsson, A ^b   Gudbjartsson, T ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aetiology; incidence; oesophageal perforation; survival; symptoms; treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; EMPYEMA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROSTOMY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; INGESTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE PERFORATION; JEJUNOSTOMY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM; MORTALITY; NECK PAIN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCREATITIS; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; T TUBE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX INJURY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE; ULTRASOUND; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649505080     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: 14391902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1250347     Document Type: Article

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