Endoscopic incision of a refractory esophageal stricture: Novel management with an endoscopic scissors

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 623-625

  Beilstein, Michelle C ^a   Kochman, Michael L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 16244373976     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(04)02787-7     Document Type: Article

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