Expandable Stents for Malignant Dysphagia

Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 175-183

  Repici, Alessandro ^a   Rando, Giacomo ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

dysphagia; endoscopy; esophageal stricture; malignant; palliation; stents

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS PROSTHESIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER COAGULATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; SELF EXPANDABLE ESOPHAGUS STENT; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

EID: 52049091061     PISSN: 10962883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tgie.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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