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Erosion of esophageal stent into left main bronchus causing airway compromise

Covered or uncovered self-expanding metal stents are currently used for the palliative treatment of neoplastic esophageal strictures or compressions and esophageal leaks or fistulas due to malignancies. Erosion of esophageal stents into the respiratory tract is a rare complication and that too has b...

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Autores principales: Aneeshkumar, S, Sundararajan, L, Santosham, Rajan, Palaniappan, Rajkumar, Dhus, Ubal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5234204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28144066
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.197114