Management of cervical esophageal strictures with self-expanding metalic stents

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 294-297

  Cindoruk, Mehmet ^a   Karakan, Tarkan ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical esophagus; Metalic stents

Indexed keywords

METAL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SELF EXPANDING STENT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STENT; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, UPPER; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY; STENTS;

EID: 34249859582     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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