Esophagocutaneous
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Relating to the skin (cutis) of the esophagus not-comparable
"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 ]."
Example
More examples"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 ]."
Etymology
From esophago- + cutaneous.
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