Simple and useful endoscopic technique in the re-establishment of esophageal patency for the treatment of a completely obstructed esophagus

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1519-1521

  Choong, Cliff K ^a   Martinez, Carlo ^a   Meyers, Bryan F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUTERIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOBRONCHIAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS;

EID: 33645333662     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.02.027     Document Type: Article

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