Insertion of expandable metallic stents in esophageal cancer without fluoroscopy is safe and effective: a 5-year experience

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 923-929

  Wilkes, Emilie A ^a   Jackson, Lucina M ^a   Cole, Andrew T ^a   Freeman, Jan G ^a   Goddard, Andrew F ^a  

^a DERBY CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL IMPLANTATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247227701     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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