A randomised prospective comparison of the Flamingo Wallstent and Ultraflex stent for palliation of dysphagia associated with lower third oesophageal carcinoma

Gut

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 922-926

  Sabharwal, T ^a   Hamady, M S ^a   Chui, S ^a   Atkinson, S ^a   Mason, R ^a   Adam, A ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECORDING; SCALE UP; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037784097     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.52.7.922     Document Type: Article

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