Fistula to the native esophagus after pharyngogastrostomy for malignant disease: A rare phenomenon in esophageal surgery

Thoracic Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-74

  Hernández Hernández, Juan Ramón ^a   Navarro Barlés, Gonzalo ^a   López Tomassetti Fernandez, Eudaldo M ^a   Vega Benítez, Victor ^a   Núñez Jorge, Valentín ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INSULAR DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Esophageal fistula; Esophageal perforation; Esophagogastric anastomosis; Giant cell tumor

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSTOMY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JEJUNUM; ODYNOPHAGIA; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNGOGASTROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SPINE TUMOR; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM;

EID: 84873312845     PISSN: 17597706     EISSN: 17597714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-7714.2012.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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