Trial of self-expandable metallic stents in the palliation of tracheo-oesophageal fistula in carcinoma of the oesophagus

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-27

  Motilall, S R ^a   Modiba, M C M ^a   Tsatsi, L D R ^a   Becker, P J ^b  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; SURVIVAL; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURVIVAL; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 34547188324     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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