Management of esophageal anastomotic leaks, perforations, and fistulae with self-expanding plastic stents

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1213-1217

  Dai, Yiyang ^a   Chopra, Sascha S ^b   Kneif, Sören ^a   Hünerbein, Michael ^a  

^a Helios Hospital   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEALANT;

ABDOMINOTHORACIC ESOPHAGECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; ESOPHAGOGASTROSTOMY; ESOPHAGOJEJUNOSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS SQUAMOUS CELL CANCER; FEEDING; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXPANDING PLASTIC STENT; STENT; STENT MIGRATION; STENT OBSTRUCTION; TRANSHIATAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EATING; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; GERMANY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTICS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79954603782     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.07.096     Document Type: Article

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