Successful primary staple-repair of thoracic oesophagus after delayed presentation of a spontaneous perforation

INTRODUCTION: Spontaneous perforation of the oesophagus is diagnosed late in over 50% of cases. Misdiagnosis may be due to atypical presentations. Primary repair is technically demanding in this setting and the risk of failure is high. PRESENTATION OF CASE: An 85 year-old lady presented with an atyp...

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Autores principales: Leoncini, Giacomo, Novello, Luca, Denegri, Andrea, Morelli, Lucia, Ratto, Giovanni B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4573848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26279260
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.07.032

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