Polyflex self-expanding, removable plastic stents: Assessment of treatment efficacy and safety in a variety of benign and malignant conditions of the esophagus

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1326-1333

  Karbowski, M ^a   Schembre, D ^a   Kozarek, R ^a   Ayub, K ^a   Low, D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoprosthesis; Obstructive esophageal pathology; Polyflex stent; Removable plastic stents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOVABLE PLASTIC STENT; SAFETY; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DEVICE REMOVAL; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYESTERS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43049119303     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9644-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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