title: [Palliative treatment of cancer of the esophagus using an endoluminal prosthesis].
abstract: Between 1973 and 1984, 27 patients with a cancer of the esophagus or the cardia and suffering dysphagia underwent palliation with an endoluminal prosthesis. Intubation under esophagoscopy or through a gastrotomy, or both, allowed the placement of 23 Celestin tubes and 4 Mousseau-Barbin prostheses. The early postoperative death rate was 11%. The overall morbidity was 37%. It included such complications as tube displacement (18.5% of patients), tracheal compression by the tube (7.4%), obstruction of the prosthesis (11%), esophageal fistula (7.4%), aspiration (7.4%) and wound infection (7.4%). The ability to swallow was acceptable in 24 patients.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects
vernacular_title: La palliation du cancer de l'oesophage par prothèse endoluminale.