Editorial: Closing holes that leak: Another dutch success story

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1521-1522

  Wallace, Michael B ^a   Smith, C Daniel ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVICE REMOVAL; ESOPHAGEAL STENT; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; STENT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

DEVICE REMOVAL; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954407515     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.103     Document Type: Review

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