Tracheal stent placement for airway obstruction due to esophageal stent [9]

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 323-324

  Bankar, R N ^a,b   Latif, M F ^a   Kohnke A A ^a   Dafe, C O ^a   Babu, P S ^a  

^a SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; HUMAN; LETTER; STENT; TRACHEA OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FATALITY; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; STENTS;

EID: 33947537495     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 02548860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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