Operative and Nonoperative Management of Esophageal Perforations
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Management of thoracic esophageal perforations.
OBJECTIVE To assess our results of a prospective algorithm applied to patients with thoracic esophageal perforation. METHODS A retrospective review of a prospective algorithm. Patients with esophageal perforation underwent an esophagram. If there was a contained esophageal perforation they were admitted, kept nothing by mouth, and restudied in 3-5 days. If the leak was not contained, they und...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-198107000-00010