Palliative endoscopic treatment of malignant esophageal stenosis using a Häring prosthesis.
The aim of this work was to analyze the outcome of 78 cases of esophageal cancer for which the endoscopic placement of a Häring prosthesis was chosen as a palliative method of treatment. The average length of hospitalization was 10 days and the average survival time was 90.8 days. The postinsertion mortality rate was 6% and there were 44 complications. The best indications are carcinoma of the lower two thirds of the esophagus, neoplastic mediastinitis and esophageal fistulae.
D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D010166:Palliative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019736:Prostheses and Implants