Esophageal fistula complicating thyroid lobectomy

Thyroidectomy is associated with low morbidity and mortality. Esophageal perforation following thyroidectomy has been reported only three times previously, with subsequent fistulization occurring in two of these cases. The authors present the first such case report in the English-speaking literature...

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Autores principales: Ward, Nicholas D., Lee, Cortney Y., Lee, James T., Sloan, David A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4288288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25573663
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju136
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spelling pubmed-42882882015-02-24 Esophageal fistula complicating thyroid lobectomy Ward, Nicholas D. Lee, Cortney Y. Lee, James T. Sloan, David A. J Surg Case Rep Case Reports Thyroidectomy is associated with low morbidity and mortality. Esophageal perforation following thyroidectomy has been reported only three times previously, with subsequent fistulization occurring in two of these cases. The authors present the first such case report in the English-speaking literature. Oxford University Press 2015-01-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4288288/ /pubmed/25573663 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju136 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2015. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Esophageal fistula complicating thyroid lobectomy
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title_full Esophageal fistula complicating thyroid lobectomy
title_fullStr Esophageal fistula complicating thyroid lobectomy
title_full_unstemmed Esophageal fistula complicating thyroid lobectomy
title_short Esophageal fistula complicating thyroid lobectomy
title_sort esophageal fistula complicating thyroid lobectomy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4288288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25573663
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju136
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