T-tube management of late esophageal perforation

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 418-420

  Qadir, Irfan ^a   Zafar, Hasnain ^b   Khan, Mubashir Zareen ^c   Sharif, Hasanat Mohammad ^d  

^a Medical Student   (Pakistan)

^b General Surgery Section   (Pakistan)

^c CardioThoracic Surgery Section   (Pakistan)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Esophageal perforation; Pleuromedinitis; T tube

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEVER; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; JEJUNOSTOMY; LUNG COLLAPSE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; T TUBE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; INTUBATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952771472     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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