esophagocutaneous
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esophagocutaneous (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Relating to the skin (cutis) of the esophagus
- 2015 July 14, Peter Waweru, David Mwaniki, “Conservative Management of an Iatrogenic Esophageal Tear in Kenya”, in Case Reports in Surgery[1], volume 2015, :
- A nasogastric tube is placed to clear gastric contents and limit further contamination [ 9 ] and mediastinal contamination drained percutaneously/radiologically [ 18 ] via the chest tubes, thereby converting the esophageal perforations to esophagocutaneous fistulae that heal similar to gastrointestinal fistulae [ 6 ].