Self-expanding metal stents in the treatment of colonic obstruction

Chirurgische Gastroenterologie mit Interdisziplinaren Gesprachen

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 86-88

  Dell'Abate, P ^a   Del Rio, Paolo ^a   Colla, G ^b   Soliani, P ^a   Arcuri, M F ^a   Ziegler, S ^a   Sianesi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Colonic obstruction; Metal stents; Palliative colostomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RECTUM; SIGMOID; STENT; TRANSVERSE COLON;

EID: 0037246627     PISSN: 01779990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070522     Document Type: Article

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