Self expandable stent implantation into the oesophagus: complications and its therapy

Introduction: There are different methods for the palliative treatment of the stenosis of the oesophagus like dilatation, laser therapy and conventional prosthesis implantation. The newest intervention is the self-expandable stent implantation which could be more convenience for the patients. Patients and Methods: We have implanted 7 self-expandable covered stent in 2004. The common indications were compression and dislocation of the oesophagus due to the lung tumor and its mediastinal lymph node metastasis, esophago-airway fistula, stenosis of the anastomosis after exstirpation of the oesophagus, and stricture…