Self-expanding metal stents in the palliation of neoplasms of the cervical esophagus

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 25, 1999, Pages 272-277

  Conio, Massimo ^b   Caroli Bosc, Francois ^a   Demarquay, Jean Francois ^a   Sorbi, Darius ^b   Maes, Bernard ^a   Delmont, Jean ^a   Dumas, Remy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^b Division of Endoscopy   (Italy)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Metal stents; Palliation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033067542     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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