Use of stents in head and neck surgery

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-106

  Carrau, Ricardo L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Esophagus; Stenosis; Stents; Trachea

Indexed keywords

METAL; SILICONE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASPIRATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEMATEMESIS; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPUTUM; STENT; THORAX PAIN; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TUMOR GROWTH;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS;

EID: 15244350172     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.moo.0000156160.82671.0a     Document Type: Review

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