Use of covered expandable metal stents in the treatment of oesophageal carcinoma and tracheo-oesophageal fistula

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1417-1418

  Cook, T A ^a   Dehn, T C B ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; STENTS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 0029824969     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800831030     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Earlam R, Cunha-Melo JR. Oesophagcal squamous cell carcinoma: I. A critical review of surgery. Br J Surg 1980; 67: 381-90.
2. Barr H, Krasner N, Raouf A, Walker RJ. Prospective randomised trial of laser therapy only and laser therapy followed by endoscopic intubation for the palliation of malignant dysphagia. Gut 1990; 31: 252-8.
3. Loizou LA, Grigg D, Atkinson M, Robertson C, Bown SG. A prospective comparison of laser therapy and intubation in the endoscopic palliation of malignant dysphagia. Gastroenterology 1991; 100: 1301-10.
4. Alderson D, Wright P. Laser recanalization versus endoscopic intubation in the palliation of malignant dysphagia. Br J Surg 1990; 77: 1151-3.
5. Caspars RJ, Welvaart K, Verkes RJ, Hermans J, Leer JW. The effect of radiotherapy on dysphagia and survival in patients with esophageal cancer. Radiother Oncol 1988; 12: 15-23.
6. Fugger R, Nierderle B, Jantsch H, Schiessel R, Schulz F. Endoscopic tube implantation for the palliation of malignant esophageal stenosis. Endoscopy 1990; 22: 101-4.
7. Desa L, Raghanuth AS, Chawla SL, Peel ALG, Dellipani AW. Treatment policy for the management of carcinoma of the oesophagus. Br J Surg 1988; 75: 275-8.
8. Knyrim K, Wagner HJ, Bethge N, Keymling M, Vakil N. A controlled trial of an expansile metal stent for palliation of esophageal obstruction due to inoperable cancer. N Engl J Med 1993; 329: 1302-7.
9. Ellul JPM, Watkinson A, Khan RJK, Adam A, Mason RC. Self-expanding metal stents for the palliation of dysphagia due to inoperable oesophageal carcinoma. Br J Surg 1995; 82: 1678-81.
10. Burt M, Diehl W, Martini N et al. Malignant esophagorespiratory fistula: management options and survival. Ann Thorac Surg 1991; 52: 1222-9.
11. Brown TH, Nicholson DA, Irving MH, Bancewicz J. Use of a self-expanding metal stent for oesophagogastric fistulation. Br J Surg 1995; 82: 663-4.