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Ann Thorac Surg 1979;28:224-229
© 1979 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Palliation of Esophageal Carcinoma with Intraluminal Tubes: Experience with 30 Patients

From the Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

^* Address reprint requests to Dr. Hankins, University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21201.

Between 1968 and 1978, 26 patients with carcinomas of the thoracic esophagus and 4 with adenocarcinomas involving the esophagogastric junction were treated by the insertion of indwelling intraluminal (endoesophageal) tubes. Four different types of tube were inserted by the pull-through technique.

Thirteen of the 30 patients died in the hospital within 30 days. However, among the 20 patients who did not have neoplasms of the upper third of the thoracic esophagus or who had not had a prior resection, only 5 died. The principal cause of death was aspiration pneumonia. Survival averaged 2.5 months. Four patients survived 5 to 7 months. Deglutition was adequate in most patients but was not as satisfactory as after esophagogastrectomy. Our best results were obtained in patients with carcinoma of the middle or lower third of the esophagus, with or without an esophagorespiratory fistula, who had not had a previous resection.

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