Fully covered removable nitinol self-expandable metal stents (SEMS) in malignant strictures of the esophagus: A multicenter analysis

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1664-1669

  Talreja, Jayant P ^a   Eloubeidi, Mohamad A ^b   Sauer, Bryan G ^a   Al Awabdy, Basil S ^a   Lopes, Tercio ^b   Kahaleh, Michel ^c   Shami, Vanessa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Esophageal stent; Selfexpanding metal stent

Indexed keywords

NITINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARE METAL STENT; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DEVICE SAFETY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXPANDABLE METAL STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX PAIN; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

EID: 84863983175     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-011-2089-z     Document Type: Article

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