Expandable metal stents in the palliation of malignant dysphagia and oesophageal-respiratory fistulae

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 270-272

  McGrath, J P ^a   Browne, M ^a   Riordan, C ^a   Ravi, N ^a   Reynolds, J V ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; POSITION; SCORING SYSTEM; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035715402     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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