1. Clinical application of metallic stents in treatment of esophageal carcinoma
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Tian-Wei Wang, Lin Liu, Lin-Bo Zhang, Hai-Shan Yang, and Yong-Sheng Zhao
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Palliative care ,Esophageal Neoplasms ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Fistula ,Constriction, Pathologic ,Esophageal Diseases ,medicine ,Carcinoma ,Humans ,Survival rate ,Esophageal Obstruction ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Esophageal disease ,Palliative Care ,Gastroenterology ,Stent ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,equipment and supplies ,medicine.disease ,Survival Analysis ,Surgery ,Endoscopy ,Metals ,Female ,Stents ,Brief Reports ,business - Abstract
AIM: To evaluate the effects of self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) in patients with malignant esophageal obstruction and to analyze their prognosis and complications. METHODS: Seventy-four metallic stents were placed under fluoroscopic guidance in 66 patients with esophageal obstruction secondary to carcinoma, of whom, 6 cases were complicated by fistula. RESULTS: After seventy-two stents were successfully used in 66 cases without any severe complications (technical successful rate was 97%), the dysphagia score improved from 3.3±0.6 to 0.8±0.5 (P
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- 2004
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