Successful treatment of intractable esophagothoracic fistula using covered self-expandable stent

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 49, 2003, Pages 77-79

  Sakakura, Chouhei ^a   Hagiwara, Akeo ^a   Kato, Dai ^a   Deguchi, Katsuya ^a   Hamada, Takuya ^a   Itoi, Yoshizumi ^a   Mitsufuji, Shoji ^a   Kashima, Kei ^a   Yamagishi, Hisakazu ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Covered stent; Thoracoesophageal fistula

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; GLUE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOGASTROSTOMY; ESOPHAGOTHORACIC FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PLEURA EMPYEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; STENTS;

EID: 0037263244     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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