TREATMENT OF A MALIGNANT ESOPHAGEAL-PERFORATION WITH A PROTOTYPE CONICAL WALLSTENT

Authors
SCOTTMACKIE PL MORGAN RA MASON R ADAM A
Citation
Pl. Scottmackie et al., TREATMENT OF A MALIGNANT ESOPHAGEAL-PERFORATION WITH A PROTOTYPE CONICAL WALLSTENT, Cardiovascular and interventional radiology, 21(6), 1998, pp. 501-502
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Cardiovascular and interventional radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01741551
Volume
21
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
501 - 502
Database
ISI
SICI code
0174-1551(1998)21:6<501:TOAMEW>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
A 60-year-old man with a malignant esophageal perforation could not be treated by conventional covered metallic stents because the upper eso phagus was dilated. The perforation was eventually closed by deploymen t of a prototype, conical covered Wallstent.