Dilation of proximal esophageal strictures following therapy for head and neck cancer: Experience with savary gilliard dilators

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 187-190

  Dhir, Vinay ^a   Vege, Santhi Swaroop ^a   Mohandas, K M ^a   Desai, Devendra C ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

dysphagia; endoscopy; hypopharyngeal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GLOSSECTOMY; GUIDE WIRE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029844973     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199611)63:3<187::AID-JSO10>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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