Palliation of malignant aerodigestive fistulae with self-expanding metallic stents

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 386-389

  Murthy, Sudish ^a   Gonzalez Stawinski, G V ^a   Rozas, M S ^a   Gildea, T R ^a   Dumot, J A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodigestive fistula; Endoluminal stent; Tracheoesophageal fistula

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BARIUM; METAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROSTOMY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; JEJUNOSTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; STENT; SYMPTOM; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TRACHEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548249640     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2007.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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