Self-expanding metal stents as nonsurgical palliative therapy for malignant colonic obstruction: time to change the standard of care?

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 928-930

  Bittinger, Maximilian ^a   Messmann, Helmut ^a  

^a KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLON MOTILITY; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLON PERFORATION; COLOSTOMY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENOSIS; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; STENTS;

EID: 35349024228     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.06.053     Document Type: Editorial

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