Laser debulking in malignant upper airway obstruction

Head and Neck

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 296-301

  Paleri, Vinidh ^a   Stafford, Frank William ^a   Sammut, Mario S ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Laryngeal neoplasms; Laser debulking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGOSCOPY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 15744382198     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20153     Document Type: Article

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