Endoscopic management of radiation-induced complete upper esophageal obstruction with an antegrade-retrograde rendezvous technique

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 822-828

  Maple, John T ^a   Petersen, Bret T ^a   Baron, Todd H ^a   Kasperbauer, Jan L ^a   Wong Kee Song, Louis M ^a   Larson, Mark V ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RESTENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; BALLOON DILATION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROSTOMY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749992407     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.06.026     Document Type: Article

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