Expandable wallstents for treatment of tracheoesophageal fistulas of malignant origin

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 457-462

  Baltayiannis, Nikolaos ^a,b   Magoulas, D ^a   Bolanos, N ^a   Anagnostopoulos, D ^a   Kaya, A ^a   Kontogiannopoulos, Ch ^a   Nicolouzos, S ^a   Georgiannakis, E ^a   Kastrinaki, K ^a   Kayiani, E ^a   Chatzimichalis, A ^a  

^a METAXA CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Esophageal carcinoma; Esophageal endoprosthesis; Lung cancer; Self expandable stents; Tracheoesophageal fistula; Wallstents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; STENT; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 33947494014     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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