Self-expanding metal stents as palliative treatment of stenotic relapsed gastric cancer after curative surgery in the elderly

Brandimarte, G.; Tursi, A.

Minerva Gastroenterologica E Dietologica 46(1): 61-65

2000


ISSN/ISBN: 1121-421X
PMID: 16498351
Document Number: 524577
Palliation of inoperable stenotic gastric and/or duodenal cancer remains an open problem due to high operative mortality and diffuse tumor growth. We describe here in 3 cases of stenotic recurrent gastric cancer in the elderly successful treated using self-expanding metal stents.

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