Fracture of a covered self-expanding antireflux stent in two patients with distal esophageal carcinoma

Endoscopy

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Wiedmann, M ^a,b   Heller, F ^c   Zeitz, M ^c   Mossner J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b St Mary's Hospital Berlin   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; DEVICE REMOVAL; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HUMAN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STENT;

AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; DEVICE REMOVAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STENTS;

EID: 70349305525     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: 14388812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1214661     Document Type: Note

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