CELESTIN TUBE IN THE PALLIATION OF CARCINOMA OF THE ESOPHAGUS AND CARDIA

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SAUNDERS, NR
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[1] Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Sheffield
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10.1002/bjs.1800660614
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R61 [外科手术学];
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A series of 105 patients with dysphagia due to inoperable carcinoma of the oesophagus or cardia of the stomach, and 11 patients with dysphagia secondary to malignant mediastinal nodes, was treated by intubation with a Celestin tube. The hospital mortality was high but 81 patients left hospital and 29 were still alive at 6 months. The prognosis for those with dysphagia due to malignant posterior mediastinal nodes was very poor, with no survivors at 6 months. Oesophageal perforation was a serious operative complication, with a hospital mortality of 83 per cent. Chest and wound infections were the most common postoperative complications occurring in 28 and 20 per cent of the patients, respectively. The restoration of swallowing was satisfactory in the majority of survivors although readmission with a blocked or displaced tube was not uncommon. Copyright © 1979 British Journal of Surgery Society Ltd.
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