Delayed complications after placement of self-expanding stents in malignant esophageal obstruction: Treatment strategies and survival rate

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 334-340

  Homann, Nils ^a   Noftz, Maria R ^a   Klingenberg Noftz, Rolf D ^a   Ludwig, Diether ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complications; Esophageal cancer; Re intervention; Self expanding stent; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38649134512     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-9862-9     Document Type: Article

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