Safety and efficacy of gastrointestinal stents in cancer patients at a community hospital

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 130-134

  Baerlocher, Mark Otto ^a,d   Asch, Murray R ^b   Vellahottam, Andrew ^c   Puri, Gaurav ^c   Andrews, Karen ^a   Myers, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LAKERIDGE HEALTH CORPORATION   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COLON TUMOR; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DUODENUM TUMOR; EQUIPMENT; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STATISTICS; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DUODENAL NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; STENTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41949115941     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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