Open AccessPredictors for failure of stent treatment for benign esophageal perforations - a single center 10-year experience
Author(s) -
Saga Persson,
Peter Elbe,
Ioannis Rouvelas,
Mats Lindblad,
Koshi Kumagai,
Lars Lundell,
Magnus Nilsson,
Jon A. Tsai
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v20.i30.10613
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , stent , perforation , surgery , mediastinitis , malignancy , single center , esophagectomy , esophagus , radiology , esophageal cancer , cancer , materials science , punching , metallurgy
To investigate possible predictors for failed self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS) therapy in consecutive patients with benign esophageal perforation-rupture (EPR).