Superiority of anti-reflux stent compared with conventional stents in the palliative management of patients with cancer of the lower esophagus and esophago-gastric junction: Results of a randomized clinical trial

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 466-470

  Power, C ^a   Byrne, P J ^a   Lim, K ^a   Ravi, N ^a   Moore, J ^a   Fitzgerald, T ^a   Keeling, P W N ^a   Reynolds, J V ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Esophageal cancer; Gastro esophageal reflux; Stent

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STENT; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STENTS;

EID: 35449008185     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2007.00696.x     Document Type: Article

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