The pitfall of relying on the abdominal radiograph to determine stent function after palliation of malignant colonic obstruction using a self-expanding metal stent

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2107-2109

  Lee, John G ^a   Leung, Joseph W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; COLYTE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIUM; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; STENTS;

EID: 0033880853     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)01066-2     Document Type: Article

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