Endoscopic argon plasma coagulation for palliative treatment of malignant airway obstructions: Early results in 47 cases

Lung Cancer

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-80

  Crosta, Cristiano ^a   Spaggiari, Lorenzo ^a   De Stefano, Andrea ^b   Fiori, Giancarla ^a   Ravizza, Davide ^a   Pastorino, Ugo ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di Magenta   (Italy)

Author keywords

Argon plasma coagulation; Interventional flexible bronchoscopy; Lung cancer; Palliative endoscopic therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARGON; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034949970     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5002(00)00245-2     Document Type: Article

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