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Swagata Khanna1, Subhash Khanna.
Abstract
Endoscopic placement of metal stent is an established palliative method for advanced inoperable cases of carcinoma oesophagus. Although various types of prosthesis are available, but the recent development of self-expandable metal stents has gained popularity because of less procedure related complications. We present the technique and result of ultraflex self-expandable metal stenting, which was placed by us in a small series of six patients successfully.Entities:
Keywords: Carcinoma oesophagus; Self expandable metal stent
Year: 2006 PMID: 23120230 PMCID: PMC3450613 DOI: 10.1007/BF02907733
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg ISSN: 2231-3796