CT appearance of implanted esophageal stents

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-23

  Iwasaki, Yoshie ^a,c   Nakajima, Yasuo ^a   Ishikawa, Tohru ^a   Wakabayashi, Masato ^b   Ashida, Hiroshi ^b  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Respiratory Surgery Fujisawa City Hospital   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Esophagus; Neoplasms; Stents

Indexed keywords

STENTS;

ADJACENT STRUCTURES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENT SHAPES; ESOPHAGEAL STENTS; ESOPHAGUS; NEOPLASM; RADIAL FORCES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

NICKEL; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; STENT; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0033820372     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200001000-00004     Document Type: Article

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