Retrievable esophageal stents for benign indications

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 322-329

  Wong, Robert F ^a   Adler, Douglas G ^a   Hilden, Kristen ^a   Fang, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal perforation; Esophageal stenosis; Esophagus; Stents

Indexed keywords

ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FISTULA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENT; THERAPY EFFECT;

DEVICE REMOVAL; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS;

EID: 38649128821     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-9883-4     Document Type: Review

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