Successful recovery of esophageal patency in 2 patients with complete obstruction by using combined antegrade retrograde dilation procedure, needle knife, and EUS needle

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 789-792

  Moyer, Matthew T ^a   Stack Jr , Brendan C ^a   Mathew, Abraham ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY DEVICE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMBINED ANTEGRADE RETROGRADE DILATION ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY TECHNIQUE; COMBINED ANTEGRADE RETROGRADE DILATION NEEDLE KNIFE TECHNIQUE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FORCEPS; GUIDE WIRE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; BALLOON DILATION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLES; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750209015     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.06.081     Document Type: Article

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