Survival and complications after insertion of self-expandable metal stents for malignant oesophageal stenosis

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 252-256

  Johnson, Egil ^a   Enden, Tone ^a   Noreng, Hans Jørgen ^a   Holck Steen, Anne ^a   Gjerlaug, Bjørg Eline ^a   Morken, Toril ^a   Johannessen, Hans Olaf ^a   Drolsum, Anders ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Complications; Oesophageal stenosis; Stenting; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRONCHUS FISTULA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESTENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644582739     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520500206350     Document Type: Article

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