Use of Studded Polyflex™ Stents in Patients with Neoplastic Obstructions of the Central Airways

Respiration

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-87

  Bolliger, Chris T ^a,f   Breitenbuecher, Albrecht ^b   Brutsche, Martin ^c   Heitz, Markus ^d   Stanzel, Franz ^e  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Spital Bern Tiefenau   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Ärztehaus Rietberg   (Switzerland)

^e Zentralkrankenhaus   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Central airway obstruction; Lung cancer; Polyflex ; Stent

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BAYSILON; DIMETICONE; SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEURILEMOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; SECRETION; STENT; TRACHEA; TRACHEA CARCINOMA; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACHEA TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICONES; STENTS; TRACHEAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1242284264     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075654     Document Type: Article

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