Prospective nonrandomized comparison of two modes of argon beamer (APC) tumor desobstruction: Effectiveness of the new pulsed APC versus forced APC

Endoscopy

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 637-642

  Eickhoff, A ^a   Jakobs, R ^a   Schilling, D ^a   Hartmann, D ^a   Weickert, U ^a   Enderle, M D ^b   Eickhoff, J C ^c   Riemann, J F ^a  

^a KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

^b ERBE ELEKTROMEDIZIN GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; EMPHYSEMA; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; FORCED ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; RECTUM TUMOR; STOMACH TUMOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC OUTLET OBSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547121707     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-966571     Document Type: Article

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