Benign and malignant esophageal strictures: Treatment with a polyurethane-covered retrievable expandable metallic stent

Radiology

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 747-752

  Song, Ho Young ^a   Park, Seung Il ^a   Jung, Hwoon Yong ^a   Kim, Sung Bae ^a   Kim, Jong Hoon ^a   Huh, Soo Jin ^a   Kim, Tae Hyung ^b   Kim, Yeong Kyun ^b   Park, Sangsoo ^b   Yoon, Hyun Ki ^a   Sung, Kyu Bo ^a   Min, Young Il ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asan Institute for Life Sciences   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Esophagus, grafts and prostheses; Esophagus, interventional procedure; Esophagus, neoplasms; Esophagus, stenosis or obstruction; Interventional procedures, experimental

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS PROSTHESIS; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; METAPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

EID: 0030950256     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.203.3.9169699     Document Type: Article

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