Aorto‐esophageal fistula: the multi‐disciplinary team approach to management

Aorto‐esophageal fistula is often a terminal event in many patients. The commonest causes are thoracic aortic aneurysm and esophageal malignancy. To achieve a good outcome in this condition, a MDT approach is required that combines the expertize of vascular surgeons, radiologists, and emergency phys...

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Main Authors: Wormald, Justin C. R., Dindyal, Shiva, Thomas, Robert, Peters, Christopher John, Sritharan, Kaji
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974433/
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spelling pubmed-49744332016-08-12 Aorto‐esophageal fistula: the multi‐disciplinary team approach to management Wormald, Justin C. R. Dindyal, Shiva Thomas, Robert Peters, Christopher John Sritharan, Kaji Case Reports Aorto‐esophageal fistula is often a terminal event in many patients. The commonest causes are thoracic aortic aneurysm and esophageal malignancy. To achieve a good outcome in this condition, a MDT approach is required that combines the expertize of vascular surgeons, radiologists, and emergency physicians. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016-07-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4974433/ /pubmed/27525089 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.631 Text en © 2016 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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author Wormald, Justin C. R.
Dindyal, Shiva
Thomas, Robert
Peters, Christopher John
Sritharan, Kaji
spellingShingle Wormald, Justin C. R.
Dindyal, Shiva
Thomas, Robert
Peters, Christopher John
Sritharan, Kaji
Aorto‐esophageal fistula: the multi‐disciplinary team approach to management
author_facet Wormald, Justin C. R.
Dindyal, Shiva
Thomas, Robert
Peters, Christopher John
Sritharan, Kaji
author_sort Wormald, Justin C. R.
title Aorto‐esophageal fistula: the multi‐disciplinary team approach to management
title_short Aorto‐esophageal fistula: the multi‐disciplinary team approach to management
title_full Aorto‐esophageal fistula: the multi‐disciplinary team approach to management
title_fullStr Aorto‐esophageal fistula: the multi‐disciplinary team approach to management
title_full_unstemmed Aorto‐esophageal fistula: the multi‐disciplinary team approach to management
title_sort aorto‐esophageal fistula: the multi‐disciplinary team approach to management
description Aorto‐esophageal fistula is often a terminal event in many patients. The commonest causes are thoracic aortic aneurysm and esophageal malignancy. To achieve a good outcome in this condition, a MDT approach is required that combines the expertize of vascular surgeons, radiologists, and emergency physicians.
publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc.
publishDate 2016
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974433/
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