论文信息 - Complications associated with the use of the Celestin tube for benign oesophageal obstruction

Complications associated with the use of the Celestin tube for benign oesophageal obstruction

Two cases are described in which disruption of a Celestin tube took place after being lodged in a benign oesophageal stricture for 14 months. One patient presented with apparent acute pancreatitis and the other with a minor gastrointestinal bleed.

H. T. John | M. Ranson

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