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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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Autores principales: Chan, Andrew L, Juarez, Maya M, Allen, Roblee P, Albertson, Timothy E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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