Comparison of plastic prostheses and self-expandable metallic stents in the treatment of malignant esophageal stenosis |
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Authors: | Yu Takagi Tatsuya Aoki Yoshiaki Osaka Naoki Kuroda Masato Moritani Makoto Takagi Kazuhiko Tamura Ryosuke Okada Shigeru Sato Yasuhisa Koyanagi |
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Affiliation: | Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan. |
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Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: We compared the efficacy of plastic prostheses and self-expandable metallic stents in the treatment of malignant esophageal stenosis and/or fistula. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Subjects were 31 patients with esophageal cancer, 4 with esophagotracheal fistula, and 1 with esophageal stenosis. A plastic prosthesis was inserted in 15 patients (group A) and a self-expandable metallic stent in 21 patients (group B). We evaluated food ingestion improvement, effectiveness, complications, mean survival, food ingestion duration, the percentage of food ingestion capability in total survival time, and inhospital mortality. RESULTS: No differences were seen in food intake improvement or in the effectiveness between groups, whereas fatal complications were higher in Group A. No significant differences were seen in mean survival, food ingestion duration, percentage of food ingestion capability, or inhospital mortality between groups. CONCLUSION: We concluded that a self-expandable metallic stent was safer than a plastic prosthesis because of fewer serious complications such as bleeding, and recommended the use of metallic stents in the treatment of malignant esophageal stenosis and/or fistula. |
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Keywords: | malignant esophageal stenosis plastic prosthesis self-expandable metallic stent |
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