Systematic review: The role of self-expanding plastic stents for benign oesophageal strictures

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1268-1275

  Repici, A ^a   Hassan, C ^b   Sharma, P ^c   Conio, M ^d   Siersema, P ^e  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b NUOVO REGINA MARGHERITA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF EXPANDING PLASTIC STENT; STENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX PAIN; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HUMANS; PLASTICS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952786025     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2010.04301.x     Document Type: Review

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