Are covered stents really effective at closing esophagotracheal fistulas? Results of an animal study

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 291-297

  Wagner, Hans Joachim ^a   Stinner, Benno ^a   Barth, Peter ^a   Klose, Klaus Jochen ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Esophagus, grafts and prostheses; Fistula, tracheoesophageal; Interventional procedure; Stents and prostheses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ESOPHAGUS PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STENT; SWINE; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

ANIMAL; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; POLYURETHANES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; STAINLESS STEEL; STENTS; SWINE, MINIATURE; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 0033796230     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002700010071     Document Type: Article

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