title: [Heat probe: its use in the palliation of stenosing and bleeding tumors of the digestive tract. Preliminary report].
abstract: We present our experience with the use of Heater Probe (H.P.) of the management of malignant stenoses of Gastrointestinal (G.I.) tract. We treated 6 patients: 4 with esophageal cancer, 1 cancer of rectum and 1 malignant infiltration of sigmoid colon. The symptoms were: dysphagia: 4 cases, rectal bleeding: 1 case and bleeding plus obstruction: 1 case. The symptoms were relieved in 5 of the 6 cases. In 1 case with dysphagia there were not response. The H.P. can represent a valid alternative in the palliation of malignant obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital Oncológico Padre Machado.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Monserat
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fuentes
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Merola
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gori
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salazar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balabu
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Isern
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zaidman
mesh_terms: D002425:Cautery; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Sonda caliente: su uso en paliación de tumores estenosantes y sangrantes del tubo digestivo. Comunicación preliminar.