Endoscopic laser stricturotomy and balloon dilatation for benign colorectal strictures

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 594-597

  Luck, Andrew ^a   Chapuis, Pierre ^a   Sinclair, Gael ^a   Hood, Judith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balloon dilatation; Colorectal stricture; Nd:YAG laser; Stricturotomy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; NEODYMIUM; YTTRIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LARGE INTESTINE; LASER SURGERY; MALE; RECTUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; YAG LASER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BALLOON DILATATION; COLON, SIGMOID; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM;

EID: 0034796620     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2001.02207.x     Document Type: Article

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