Complex palliation of advanced tracheo-esophageal carcinomas

Objective: Successive airway stenting and minimally invasive esophageal intubation for palliation of advanced tracheoesophageal carcinoma with accompanied respiratory tract stricture and fistula are presented. Methods: Between 1995 and 2005 26 patients having such a malignant tracheoesophageal invasion have been managed at our Clinic and Institutions. The site of primary tumour was tracheal in 4, bronchial in 13, esophageal in 5, mediastinal in 3 or lymph node metastasis in one associated with airway fistula in 9 among them one patient suffered from bilateral aspiration. Following treatment algorithm was used in…