Fluoroscopically guided balloon dilation for pharyngoesophageal stricture after radiation therapy in patients with head and neck cancer

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1131-1136

  Hu, Hong Tao ^a   Shin, Ji Hoon ^b   Kim, Jin Hyoung ^b   Park, Jung Hoon ^b   Sung, Kyu Bo ^b   Song, Ho Young ^b  

^a Henan Tumor Hospital   (China)

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

Author keywords

Balloon dilation; Head and neck cancer; Pharyngoesophageal stricture; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; IOPROMIDE; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROSTOMY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARYNGOESOPHAGEAL STRICTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETREATMENT; RETROMOLAR TRIGONAL CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; THYROID CANCER; TONSIL CANCER; TRACHEA CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950611686     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3345     Document Type: Article

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