Enteral stents for malignant gastric outlet obstruction

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 389-403

  Brimhall, Bryan ^a   Adler, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteral stent; Gastric outlet obstruction; Gastrojejunostomy; Malignancy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BLEEDING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; DEVICE THERAPY; DUODENUM CANCER; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERAL STENT; FEEDING DISORDER; FEVER; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTRIC DYSMOTILITY; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM CANCER; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAUNDICE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LINITIS PLASTICA; LIVER HILUS; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN; PANCREAS CANCER; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STENT; STENT THROMBOSIS; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH FISTULA; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION; STOMACH PERFORATION; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR GROWTH; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CHOLESTASIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTRIC OUTLET OBSTRUCTION; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; STENTS;

EID: 79959257015     PISSN: 10525157     EISSN: 15581950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giec.2011.04.002     Document Type: Review

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