TREATMENT OF A MALIGNANT ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA WITH A GORE-TEX-COVERED FLEXIBLE NITINOL STENT

Authors
KISHI K TAKEUCHI T SONOMURA T KIMURA M KITA K SATO M TERADA M
Citation
K. Kishi et al., TREATMENT OF A MALIGNANT ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA WITH A GORE-TEX-COVERED FLEXIBLE NITINOL STENT, Cardiovascular and interventional radiology, 20(1), 1997, pp. 63-66
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Cardiovascular and interventional radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01741551
Volume
20
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
63 - 66
Database
ISI
SICI code
0174-1551(1997)20:1<63:TOAMEF>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
In order to treat fistulated esophageal cancer using a flexible stent, a covered flexible stent was constructed by wrapping a nitinol stent with a thin sheet of Gore-Tex, preserving the stents original advantag es of flexibility and a low-profile introducer system, This stent was used to perform standard radiotherapy in a case of fistulated esophage al cancer.