A combination of laser therapy, radiation therapy, and stent placement for the palliation of complete malignant bronchial obstruction

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1419-1423

  Katayama, A ^a   Konishi, T ^a   Hiraishi, M ^a   Mafune, K ^a   Makuuchi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Malignant bronchial obstruction; Nd:YAG laser; Self expandable stainless steel stent

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FATALITY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032240307     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649900872     Document Type: Article

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