Endoscopic palliation of unresectable malignant oesophageal strictures with self-expanding metal stents: Comparing ultraflex and esophacoil stents

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 356-363

  Riccioni, M E ^a   Shah, S K ^a   Tringali, A ^a   Ciletti, S ^a   Mutignani, M ^a   Perri, V ^a   Zuccala G ^a   Coppola, R ^a   Costamagna, G ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Metal stents; Oesophageal strictures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGOBRONCHIAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; STENT; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR;

ALLOY; NITINOL;

AGED; ALLOYS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS;

EID: 0035986225     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(02)80130-X     Document Type: Article

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