Endoscopic stent insertion versus primary operative management for spontaneous rupture of the esophagus (Boerhaave syndrome): An international study comparing the outcome

American Surgeon

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 634-640

  Schweigert, Michael ^a   Beattie, Rory ^b   Solymosi, Norbert ^c   Booth, Karen ^b   Dubecz, Attila ^a   Muir, Andrew ^b   Moskorz, Kerstin ^a   Stadlhuber, Rudolf J ^a   Ofner, Dietmar ^d   McGuigan, Jim ^b   Stein, Hubert J ^a  

^a KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AGE; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC STENT; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; STENT; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

AGED; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878240901     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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