Endoscopic palliation of inoperable cancer of the oesophagus or cardia by argon electrocoagulation

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-23

  Heindorff, H ^a,b   Wojdemann M ^a   Bisgaard, T ^a   Svendsen, L B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Argon electrocoagulation; Cancer; Oesophagus; Palliation

Indexed keywords

ARGON;

AGED; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CARDIA CARCINOMA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION;

AGED; CARDIA; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031890401     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365529850166158     Document Type: Article

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