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1284364

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-5-10
pubmed:abstractText
Between December 1984 and September 1991, a total of 68 palliative esophageal intubations were performed in 57 patients. The mean age was 64 years, there were 40 males and 17 females. The more frequent causes of esophageal obstruction were malignant tumors of the esophagus (49%), lung (23%) and cardia (19%). Total dysphagia (24.5%), dysphagia to liquids (47%) and esophagotracheal aspiration (14%) were present in these patients. In 65% of patients insertion of the prosthesis was the first attempt at palliation, in the remaining patients it followed the failure of another type of palliation. The decision to palliate esophageal obstruction was established preoperatively in 86% of patients, in the remaining 14% it was decided at the time of surgery. The intubation by pulsion (Atkinson) [1] was successful in 57% of patients and by traction (Celestin) [2] in 86% of patients. The associated morbidity was 36% for the Atkinson prosthesis and 13% for the Celestin prosthesis, although the latter required a laparotomy. The in hospital mortality was 12.5%. The mean survival was 85 days. A normal or semi-solid diet was tolerated by over 60% of patients following intubation. Palliation of esophageal obstruction by intubation improves the quality of life but is associated with a high morbidity.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0003-3944
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
851-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
[Palliative treatment with an endoluminal prosthesis for obstruction of the esophagus and the cardia].
pubmed:affiliation
Département de Chirurgie, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract