Electrocautery therapy for refractory anastomotic strictures of the esophagus

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 157-163

  Hordijk, Marjan L ^a   Siersema, Peter D ^a   Tilanus, Hugo W ^a   Kuipers, Ernst J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; DILATATION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; STOMACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29244453200     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2005.06.016     Document Type: Article

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