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Do airway metallic stents for benign lesions confer too costly a benefit?
BACKGROUND: The use of self-expanding metallic stents (SEMAS) in the treatment benign airway obstruction is controversial. METHODS: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of SEMAS for this indication, we conducted a 10-year retrospective review at our tertiary medical centre. RESULTS: Using flexible br...
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BioMed Central
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2386774/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18423035 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-8-7 |