Polyflex stent for relief of obstruction in a patient with a benign anastomotic colonic stricture and description of nonfluoroscopic technique

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 766-768

  Arora, Manish ^b   Okolo III, Patrick ^a  

^a SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMLODIPINE PLUS BENAZEPRIL; CLOPIDOGREL; CODEINE; ENEMA; FEXOFENADINE; MORPHINE; RABEPRAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DISEASE; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLON STRICTURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; STENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845224576     PISSN: 15547914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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