Endoscopic management of anastomotic leakage after gastrectomy for gastric cancer: How efficacious is it?

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 111-118

  Kim, Yu Jin ^a,b   Shin, Sung Kwan ^a   Lee, Hyun Jung ^a   Chung, Hyun Soo ^a   Lee, Yong Chan ^a   Park, Jun Chul ^a   Hyung, Woo Jin ^c   Noh, Sung Hoon ^c   Kim, Choong Bae ^c   Lee, Sang Kil ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leak; Endoscopic closure; Gastric cancer; Radical gastrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CANCER; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871367793     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2012.737362     Document Type: Article

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