Comparison of low-power YAG laser and BICAP tumor probe for palliation of esophageal cancer strictures

Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 1263-1270

  Jensen, Dennis M ^a,b   Machicado, Gustavo ^a,b   Randall, Gayle ^a,b   Tung, Lea Ann ^a,b   English Zych, Susan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023881635     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(88)90662-2     Document Type: Article

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