HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Personal Folders Download to citation manager Author home page(s): Luca Ampollini Antonio Bobbio Paolo Carbognani Michele Rusca Permission Requests Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Ampollini, L. Articles by Rusca, M. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Ampollini, L. Articles by Rusca, M. Related Collections Mediastinum Esophagus - other

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:555
© 2006 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Successful esophageal repair in patient with Boerhaave's syndrome

Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgical Science, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy

Received 17 May 2006; received in revised form 1 June 2006; accepted 6 June 2006.

^_* Corresponding author at: U.O. Chirurgia Toracica, Università di Parma, Azienda Ospedaliera di Parma, Viale Gramsci 14, 43100 Parma, Italy. Tel.: +39 03498483849; fax: +39 0521703559. (Email: lucampollini@inwind.it).

Key Words: Boerhaave's syndrome • Esophageal perforation • Esophageal repair

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

An 80-year-old man presented with acute thoracic pain after vomiting. He was febrile and hypotensive. Esophageal perforation was . . . [Full Text of this Article]

This article has been cited by other articles:

				D. Giri and P. K. Sarkar Successful esophageal repair in patients with Boerhaave's syndrome Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg., January 1, 2007; 31(1): 139 - 140. [Full Text] [PDF]