Use of studded polyflex stents in patients with neoplastic obstructions of the central airways

C. T. Bolliger, A. Breitenbücher, M. Brutsche, F. Stanzel (Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa; Berne, Basel, Switzerland; Gauting)

Source: Annual Congress 2002 - Recent advances in bronchoscopic diagnosis and treatment
Session: Recent advances in bronchoscopic diagnosis and treatment
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 2570
Disease area: Airway diseases

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