Tracheal stenting: A better method of dealing with airway obstruction due to thyroid malignancies than tracheostomy

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 462-464

  Gunasekaran, S ^a,c   Osborn, J R ^b   Morgan, A ^a   Griffiths, M V ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Stents; Thyroid gland; Trachea; Tracheostomy; Treatment Outcome

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TECHNIQUE; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEA; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; STENTS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TRACHEA; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142587118     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002221504323219617     Document Type: Review

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