Endoscopic treatments of advanced esophageal cancer and other esophagocardial strictures
Review of 54 personal cases
Keywords:
esophagus tumors, endoscopyAbstract
Advanced esophagea/ cancer (AEC) is diagnosed
during those stages in which surgery is posible,
it is pal/iative for disphagia, with high morbimortality.
In inoperable or irresectable cases, resorting
to alternative treatment such as radiotheraPY
or endoscopy may pal/iate disphagia. Endoscopically
it is possib/e to place a transtumoral nasogastric
catheter (NGC) for preoperative nutrition or
branchial therapy (intratumoral iridium). lt is possible
to dilate the tumor and place and indwelling
p/astic or auto expandable prosthesis or to inject
abso/ute intratumoral alcohol.
There is an evaluation of resu/ts and morbimortality
of personal case material through the retrospective
study of 54 patients in whom 120 procedures
such as those referred to above were carried
out.
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