Esophageal stents for malignant strictures close to the upper esophageal sphincter

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1082-1090

  Verschuur, Els M L ^a   Kuipers, Ernst J ^a   Siersema, Peter D ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLEEDING; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; FOOD; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; SAFETY; SENSATION; SOLID; STENT; STOMACH TUBE; SURVIVAL; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; UNIVERSITY; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

AGED; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; STENTS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34848906891     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.03.1087     Document Type: Article

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