Thoracic esophageal perforations

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1355-1362

  Kiernan, Paul D ^a   Khandhar, Sandeep J ^a   Fortes, Daniel L C ^a   Sheridan, Michael J ^a   Hetrick, Vivian ^a  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHLEGMON; RESUSCITATION; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; THORAX DRAINAGE;

AGED; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; CELLULITIS; COMORBIDITY; DEGLUTITION; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78651360122     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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