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Evolving options in the management of esophageal perforation

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1 Evolving options in the management of esophageal perforation
Clayton J Brinster, BA, Sunil Singhal, MD, Lawrence Lee, BS, M.Blair Marshall, MD, Larry R Kaiser, MD, John C Kucharczuk, MD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 77, Issue 4, Pages (April 2004) DOI: /j.athoracsur

2 Fig 1 Association of cause to anatomic location of esophageal perforation in 250 patients from recent series [5, 6, 8, 14, 90]. = abdominal; □ = thoracic; ■ = cervical. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur )

3 Fig 2 Algorithm for management of esophageal perforation.
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4 Fig 3 Overall effect of delayed treatment on mortality following esophageal perforation compared with effect of delayed treatment on mortality when perforation is treated by primary repair [5–7, 9, 10, 14, 16, 55, 61, 89, 90, 92, 95]. = all therapy; □ = primary repair. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur )


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