Double Stent for Malignant Combined Esophago-Airway Lesions

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-5

  Yamamoto, Ryoji ^a   Tada, Hirohito ^a   Kishi, Akihiro ^a   Tojo, Takashi ^a   Asada, Hiroki ^a  

^a Osaka City Medical Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Covered Ultraflex; Double stent; Dumon stent; Esophago airway fistula; Esophago airway stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; ESOPHAGOBRONCHIAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EXPANDABLE METALLIC STENT; STENT; TRACHEA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

AGED; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; STENTS; TRACHEAL STENOSIS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 0036365832     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02913479     Document Type: Conference Paper

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