title: Malignant strictures. Thermal treatment.
abstract: Malignant stenoses can occur in any part of the gastrointestinal tract. Endoscopic treatment options are available, however, only for the rectosigmoid area, the esophagus, and the esophagocardial transition. Strictures in the esophageal region represent the quantitatively predominant type of stenoses encountered in everyday endoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik II, Klinikum Wiesbaden, Germany.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gossner
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ell
mesh_terms: D004564:Electrocoagulation; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers