Palliative treatment of malignant esophagopulmonary fistulas with covered expandable metallic stents

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Kyung, Rae Kim ^a,b   Shin, Ji Hoon ^b   Song, Ho Young ^b   Ko, Gi Young ^b   Jin, Hyoung Kim ^b   Yoon, Hyun Ki ^b   Sung, Kyu Bo ^b  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchogenic carcinomas; Esophageal carcinomas; Esophageal fistula; Oncologic imaging; Respiratory tract fistula; Stents

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COVERED EXPANDABLE METALLIC STENT; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGOBRONCHIAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349665118     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.2176     Document Type: Article

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