Establishing radiological percutaneous gastrostomy with balloon-retained tubes as an alternative to endoscopic and surgical gastrostomy in patients with tumours of the head and neck or oesophagus.

Dinkel, H-P; Beer, K T; Zbären, P; Triller, J

Dinkel, H-P; Beer, K T; Zbären, P; Triller, J.

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Dinkel HP; Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Bern, Inselspital, Freiburgstrasse, CH 3010 Bern, Switzerland.

Br J Radiol ; 75(892): 371-7, 2002 Apr.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12000697

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Esophageal Neoplasms/therapy; Gastrostomy/methods; Head and Neck Neoplasms/therapy; Radiography, Interventional/methods; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Catheterization/methods; Enteral Nutrition; Female; Fluoroscopy; Follow-Up Studies; Gastrostomy/adverse effects; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Esophageal Neoplasms / Gastrostomy / Radiography, Interventional / Head and Neck Neoplasms Type of study: Evaluation_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Br J Radiol Year: 2002 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Switzerland Country of publication: United kingdom

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