Fluoroscopically guided balloon dilation for benign anastomotic stricture after Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy: Experience in 62 patients

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1699-1704

  Kim, Hyo Cheol ^a   Shin, Ji Hoon ^a   Song, Ho Young ^a   Park, Seung Il ^a   Ko, Gi Young ^a   Youn, Hyun Ki ^a   Sung, Kyu Bo ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BALLOON DILATATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IVOR LEWIS ESOPHAGECTOMY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BALLOON DILATATION; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744726229     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.RVI.0000185417.89885.2E     Document Type: Article

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