Endoscopic prosthesis for advanced esophageal cancer.
Dysphagia, regurgitation and hypersalivation due to local destruction or incessant coughing in the presence of a tracheo-broncho-esophageal fistula become the most important distressing factors in the end stage of malignancies in the upper gastrointestinal tract. Inevitably such patients have a short life expectancy. It is often desirable to avoid the morbidity associated with surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy. The non-operative insertion of a prosthesis is increasingly being carried out to palliate malignant dysphagia.
D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000150:complications; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D004106:Dilatation / Q000379:methods; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000628:therapy; D004947:Esophagus; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects; D011859:Radiography; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000150:complications