The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 187, Issue 1 , Pages 58-63 , January 2004

Personal management of 57 consecutive patients with esophageal perforation

  • Narendar Mohan Gupta, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91-0172-74758, ext. 410; fax: +91-0172-744401.
    • ,
  • Lileswar Kaman, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India

Received 23 June 2002 ,Revised 16 November 2002

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doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2002.11.004

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 187, Issue 1 , Pages 58-63 , January 2004

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