Placement of esophageal self-expanding metallic stents without fluoroscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 357-359

  Austin, Andrew S ^b   Khan, Zubair ^b   Cole, Andrew T ^b   Freeman, Jan G ^a  

^a DERBY CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DILATATION; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; STENTS;

EID: 0035458743     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2001.117153     Document Type: Article

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