Expandable metal stents for the treatment of cancerous obstruction of the gastrointestinal tract

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 344, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 1681-1687

  Baron, Todd H ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DUODENUM; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENT; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

CHOLESTASIS, EXTRAHEPATIC; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; PALLIATIVE CARE; STENTS;

EID: 0035978802     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200105313442206     Document Type: Review

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