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The Use of Prosthetic Stents in Tracheobronchial, Gastrointestinal, and Genitourinary Diseases

The concept of using a stent to maintain patency of a lumen is not new. As early as 1969, stents were being investigated in the peripheral arterial system as a means of preventing restenosis after dilatation by balloon angioplasty (Dotter, 1969). Since then, numerous reports have demonstrated the us...

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Autores principales: Edell, Eric S., Hughes, Rollin W., Oesterling, Joseph E., Cortese, Denis A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1994
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2362459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18493334
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/DTE.1.1