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  • Title: [Endoscopic prosthesis in malignant stenoses of the esophagus and the cardioesophageal junction].
    Author: Donev S, Bosekert N, Belchev B.
    Journal: Khirurgiia (Sofiia); 1995; 48(6):19-21. PubMed ID: 8691755.
    Abstract:
    The palliative treatment results in 41 patients presenting intractable malignant stenosis of the esophagus--carcinomas among which one carcinoid and three branchial carcinomas--following endoscopic implantation of a plastic prosthesis (tubus) are analyzed. It is stressed that it is a matter of a palliative method, promptly eliminating the nutritional passage impairment; in case of tracheoesophageal fistula is a method of choice, but leads to a comparatively high incidence of serious complications-perforations of the esophagus (7.3 per cent) all with lethal outcome.
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