Successful airway stenting using silicone prosthesis for esophagobronchial fistula

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Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1485-1487

  Miwa, Keisuke ^a   Mitsuoka, Masahiro ^a   Tayama, Kohsuke ^a,b   Tomita, Naofumi ^a   Takamori, Shinzo ^a   Hayashi, Akihiro ^a   Shirouzu, Kazuo ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchial fistula; Esophageal fistula; Self expandable metallic stent; Silicones; Stent related complication

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOBRONCHIAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036428884     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.4.1485     Document Type: Article

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