[The efficacy of SEMS for malignant upper gastrointestinal stenosis, evaluated by a "home index"].
We used a self expandable metalic stent (SEMS) on 24 patients (average age 68.6 years, 20 males, 4 females) with malignant upper gastrointestinal stenosis from August, 1997 to March, 1999. The primary diseases of the 24 patients were gastric cancer (13 cases: 54%), esophageal cancer (10 cases: 42%) and paraesophageal lymph node metastasis of breast cancer (one case: 4%). In this study, we present a "Home Index" as an indicator to evaluate a patient's quality of life, and investigated the efficacy and problem of SEMS.
Yonechi
M
M
Dept. of Gastroenterology, Iwaki Kyouritsu General Hospital.
Sato
K
K
Saito
Y
Y
Yamagiwa
T
T
Kikuchi
T
T
Kamiya
T
T
Saito
M
M
Nagase
K
K
Kashimura
J
J
Ikeya
S
S
Endo
T
T
Nakayama
H
H
Sugai
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D015607:Stents / Q000592:standards*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*