Palliative treatment of malignant dysphagia with self-expanding metal stents: A 12-year experience

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-16

  Sundelöf, Martin ^a   Ringby, Daniel ^a   Stockeld, Dag ^a   Granström, Lars ^a   Jonas, Eduard ^a   Freedman, Jacob ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Complications; Demographic factors; Dysphagia; Oesophageal cancer; Palliation; Stent; Tumour related factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SIZE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL STENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PAIN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STENT; SYMPTOM; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; STENTS;

EID: 33845954940     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520600789933     Document Type: Article

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