Esophageal Replacement for Caustic Stricture-A Brief Review
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Esophageal Replacement for Caustic Stricture-A
Digestive injury and complications resulting from caustic ingestion is the most challenging clinical situations encountered in gastroenterology. The commonest chemicals implicated in gastrointestinal caustic injury are alkaline and acid agents. The caustic ingestion is voluntarily and in suicidal intent in the most situations in adult .In fact, successful management of these patients requires m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Advanced Research in Gastroenterology & Hepatology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2472-6400
DOI: 10.19080/argh.2017.03.555623