Endoscopic treatments of advanced esophageal cancer and other esophagocardial strictures: Review of 54 personal cases

Advanced esophagea/ cancer (AEC) is diagnosedduring those stages in which surgery is posible,it is pal/iative for disphagia, with high morbimortality.In inoperable or irresectable cases, resortingto alternative treatment such as radiotheraPYor endoscopy may pal/iate disphagia. Endoscopicallyit is po...

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Autor principal: Piazze, Alvaro (author)
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Idioma:espanyol
Publicat: 2005
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Accés en línia:https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/4565
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Sumari:Advanced esophagea/ cancer (AEC) is diagnosedduring those stages in which surgery is posible,it is pal/iative for disphagia, with high morbimortality.In inoperable or irresectable cases, resortingto alternative treatment such as radiotheraPYor endoscopy may pal/iate disphagia. Endoscopicallyit is possib/e to place a transtumoral nasogastriccatheter (NGC) for preoperative nutrition orbranchial therapy (intratumoral iridium). lt is possibleto dilate the tumor and place and indwellingp/astic or auto expandable prosthesis or to injectabso/ute intratumoral alcohol.There is an evaluation of resu/ts and morbimortalityof personal case material through the retrospectivestudy of 54 patients in whom 120 proceduressuch as those referred to above were carriedout.