Are metal stents effective for palliation of malignant dysphagia and fistulas?

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 275-282

  Kostopoulos, P P ^a   Zissis, M I ^a   Polydorou, A A ^b   Premchand, P P ^a   Hendrickse, M T ^a   Shorrock, C J ^a   Isaacs, P E T ^a  

^a BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Malignant dysphagia; Metal stents; Oesophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL IMPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADENOCARCINOMA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041807622     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(03)00065-3     Document Type: Article

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