title: Comparative study of self-expandable metallic stent and bypass surgery for inoperable esophageal cancer.
abstract: We evaluated the effect of two different therapies for 23 patients with inoperable esophageal cancer, of whom 13 patients underwent placement of a metallic stent and 10 received bypass surgery. We newly defined the improved level of food intake and the effective rate based on the grade of the patient's status in order to evaluate objectively. Although the effect of stent placement was significantly better than that of bypass surgery, there were no significant differences in the improved level of food intake and the effective rate between the two groups. Four out of 10 patients in the bypass group had suture insufficiency, resulting in no oral intake and a fatal outcome. In addition, the ratio of survival period of ability to ingest orally and in-hospital mortality was significantly favorable in the stent group compared with the bypass group. In conclusion, stent placement should be the first choice for inoperable malignant stenosis or esophageal fistula.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Osaka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shinohara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsuchida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koyanagi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011336:Probability; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D015607:Stents; D016019:Survival Analysis; D019452:Terminally Ill; D016896:Treatment Outcome