Oesophageal stent insertion for palliation of dysphagia in a district general hospital: Experience from a case series of 137 patients

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 545-548

  Selinger, Christian P ^a,b   Ellul, P ^a   Smith, P A ^a   Cole, N C ^a  

^a PENNINE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUTRITION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STENT; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 46249110115     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn045     Document Type: Article

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