Management of malignant esophagotracheal fistulas with airway stenting and double stenting

Chest

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1155-1160

  Freitag, Lutz ^a   Tekolf, Edith ^a   Steveling, Heinz ^a   Donovan, Terrence J ^a   Stamatis, Georgios ^a  

^a RUHRLANDKLINIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

airway prosthesis; double stenting; Dynamic stent; esophageal cancer; esophageal prosthesis; esophagotracheal fistulas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STENT; SURVIVAL TIME; THORAX CANCER; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 0029798686     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.110.5.1155     Document Type: Article

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