title: [Endoscopic palliative therapy of malignant esophageal and cardia stenoses. Results--complications--follow-up].
abstract: 60% of oesophageal and cardiac carcinomas are curatively inoperable at the time of diagnosis. Non-surgical, especially endoscopic palliative procedures gained enormously in topicality. Since 1984 we treated 96 patients with malignant stenoses of the upper gastrointestinal tract by different endoscopic therapies: bougienage, laser coagulation, ballon dilatation, implantation of bridging tubes. Complication rate and lethality of all procedures were low. By none of the endoscopic measures was a prolongation of survival time achieved. Bougienage in combination with laser coagulation as well as tube implantation improved the patients' life quality.
authors: Abteilung für Gastroenterologie und Hepatologie, Berufsgenossenschaftlichen Krankenanstalten Bergmannsheil Bochum.
authors: U
authors: U
authors: Schwegler
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Orth
authors: H D
authors: HD
authors: Kuntz
authors: B
authors: B
authors: May
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000379:methods; D002299:Cardia; D004106:Dilatation / Q000379:methods; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: Endoskopische Palliativtherapie maligner Osophagus-und Kardiastenosen. Ergebnisse--Komplikationen--Katamnesen.