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Esophageal Perforation

Known as: ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION, PERFORATION ESOPHAGUS, OESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION 
The presence of a hole or other type of opening in the esophageal wall through which the contents of the esophagus can pass into the mediastinum. The… 
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Boerhaave syndrome

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Esophageal DiseasesGastrointestinal Diseases
In BloodMallory-Weiss SyndromeMicrobiologicalRupture of esophagus

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Therapeutic effects of erythropoietin in murine models of endotoxin shock*
Objective:Erythropoietin has recently emerged as a cytoprotective cytokine, which possesses the ability to protect many tissues… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Topographic Variability of the Esophageal Left Atrial Relation Influencing Ablation Lines in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Introduction: The close anatomic relationship of the posterior wall of the left atrium (LA) and the thermosensitive esophagus… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Surgical aspects of esophageal disease: perforation and caustic injury.
Esophageal perforation presents as an emergency because treatment delay reduces survival. Iatrogenic perforation, spontaneous… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Closure of an esophageal perforation due to fish bone ingestion by endoscopic clip application.
Most esophageal perforations occur as a result of therapeutic endoscopy or ingestion of foreign bodies. In Japan, ingestion of… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Endoscopic clipping of esophageal perforation after pneumatic dilation for achalasia.
A 67-year-old man with a long history of achalasia underwent pneumatic dilation of the lower esophageal sphincter due to… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Operative hysteroscopy. American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists 1991 membership survey.
The 1991 American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists membership survey on operative hysteroscopy had a total of 630… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists' 1988 membership survey on operative hysteroscopy.
The 1988 American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists' membership survey on operative hysteroscopy had a 19% response rate… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Intraoperative video angioscopy compared with arteriography during peripheral vascular operations.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Intestinal perforation associated with cytomegalovirus infection in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Gastrointestinal complications are an important aspect of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. In this report we describe two… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Concurrent radiation, mitomycin C and 5-fluorouracil in poor prognosis carcinoma of cervix: preliminary results of a phase I-II study.
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