Long-term follow-up and survival after ultraflex™ stent insertion in the management of complex malignant airway stenoses

Respiration

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 443-449

  Breitenbücher, Albrecht ^a,b,c,e   Chhajed, Prashant N ^b   Brutsche, Martin H ^b   Mordasini, Carlo ^d   Schilter, Daniel ^d   Tamm, Michael ^b  

^a Department of Pulmonary Medicine ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Medical University Clinic Bruderholz   (Switzerland)

^d Spital Bern Tiefenau   (Switzerland)

^e Medical University Clinic   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Airway stenosis; Lung cancer; Ultraflex stent

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; NITINOL; POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST METASTASIS; CACHEXIA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY METASTASIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLOYS; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 43649101505     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000119053     Document Type: Article

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