Self-expanding metal stents in malignant colonic obstruction: have we covered all angles?

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 937-939

  Davila, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLOSTOMY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HARTMANN PROCEDURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; SELF EXPANDING METAL STENT; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ALLOYS; COLON; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35348989184     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.07.003     Document Type: Editorial

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