Improved endoscopic stenting for malignant dysphagia using Tygon plastic prostheses

Endoscopy

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 524-531

  Bohnacker, S ^a   Thonke, F ^a   Hinner, M ^a   Seitz, U ^a   Binmoeller, K F ^a   Brand, B ^a   Rathod, V D ^a   Soehendra, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOUGIE; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RETREATMENT; STENT; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TUMOR GROWTH; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

EID: 0031656944     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1001338     Document Type: Article

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