Combined antegrade and retrograde dilation: A new endoscopic technique in the management of complex esophageal obstruction

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 368-372

  Bueno, Raphael ^a   Swanson, Scott J ^a   Jaklitsch, Michael T ^a   Lukanich, Jeanne M ^a   Mentzer, Steven J ^a   Sugarbaker, David J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES; HUMAN; JEJUNOSTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; DILATATION; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; JEJUNOSTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035462576     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2001.117517     Document Type: Article

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