Cowling M G
Department of Radiology, St Mary's Hospital, London.
Hosp Med. 2000 Jan;61(1):33-6. doi: 10.12968/hosp.2000.61.1.1860.
Self-expanding metallic stents have assumed increasing importance in the palliative treatment of malignant dysphagia in recent years. This is most commonly the result of inoperable oesophageal cancer, but may also be the result of extrinsic compression on the oesophagus by other malignant masses. Stents are also occasionally used as a last resort in benign disease.
近年来,自膨式金属支架在恶性吞咽困难的姑息治疗中发挥着越来越重要的作用。这最常见的原因是无法手术切除的食管癌,但也可能是其他恶性肿块对食管的外压所致。支架偶尔也被用作良性疾病的最后治疗手段。