Prospective evaluation of a new self-expanding plastic stent for inoperable esophageal strictures

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 891-895

  Costamagna, G ^a   Shah, S K ^a   Tringali, A ^a   Mutignani, M ^a   Perri, V ^a   Riccioni, M E ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STENT; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037981238     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-002-9098-x     Document Type: Article

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