Efficacy and safety of biodegradable stents for refractory benign esophageal strictures: The BEST (Biodegradable Esophageal Stent) study

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 927-934

  Repici, Alessandro ^a   Vleggaar, Frank P ^b   Hassan, Cesare ^a   Van Boeckel, Petra G ^b   Romeo, Fabio ^a   Pagano, Nicola ^a   Malesci, Alberto ^a   Siersema, Peter D ^b  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYDIOXANONE; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78049340398     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2010.07.031     Document Type: Article

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