Two fatal complications after parallel tracheal-esophageal stenting

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 144-147

  Binkert, Christoph A ^a   Petersen, Bryan D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal stenosis; Palliation; Stents and endoprostheses; Tracheal stenosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STENT; TISSUE NECROSIS; TRACHEA OBSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FATALITY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; LEIOMYOMA; METHODOLOGY; TRACHEA STENOSIS;

AGED; AUTOPSY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FATAL OUTCOME; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0036517998     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-001-0088-5     Document Type: Article

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