Comparison of rigid and flexible esophagoscopy in the diagnosis of esophageal disease: Diagnostic accuracy, complications, and cost

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 262-266

  Glaws, W Reid ^a   Zulfiqar, Hassan ^a   Etzkorn, Kyle P ^a   Wiley, Thelma E ^a   Wenig, Barry L ^a   Watkins, James L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

flexible fiber optic endoscopy; head and neck carcinoma; panendoscopy; rigid esophagoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FIBEROSCOPE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029878044     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949610500403     Document Type: Article

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