Management of malignant strictures of the cervical esophagus with a newly-designed self-expanding metal stent

Endoscopy

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 554-557

  Shim, C S ^a   Jung, I S ^a   Bhandari, S ^a   Ryu, C B ^a   Hong, S J ^a   Kim, J O ^a   Cho, J Y ^a   Lee, J S ^a   Lee, M S ^a   Kim, B S ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS FOREIGN BODY; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLISHING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLOYS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 3042569358     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-814555     Document Type: Article

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