[Usefulness of esophageal prosthesis in inoperable esophageal cancer].
Radiotherapy of inoperable esophageal cancer provided palliation for dysphagia in only 40% of the patients treated over the past 5 years at our hospital. The remaining patients were unable to eat a regular diet even after radiotherapy and to provide them with nourishment, a gastrostomy and/or IVH were required. We feel that the release of the patient from a medical environment will lead to a better quality of remaining life. From our experience with a prosthesis tube for palliation of a malignant esophageal stricture, 4 patients showed excellent results with this way of improving their oral intake.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D019736:Prostheses and Implants