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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| Idioma: | espanyol |
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2005
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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. |
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