Clinical results of the internally covered spiral Z stent for malignant esophagogastric obstruction and the reduction of stent migration

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 771-776

  Tanaka, Takehiro ^a   Maeda, Munehiro ^b   Uchida, Hideo ^a   Yoshioka, Tetsuya ^a   Matsuo, Yoshihiro ^a   Makutani, Shiro ^a   Yoshimura, Hitoshi ^a   Kichikawa, Kimihiko ^a   Ohishi, Hajime ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophagus, neoplasms; Esophagus, stenosis or obstruction; Stents and prostheses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034046494     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(07)61639-X     Document Type: Article

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