ArticleWideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques2021
I-125 seed-loaded versus normal stent insertion for obstructive esophageal cancer: a meta-analysis.
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- Endoscopic Stenting for Malignant Dysphagia in Patients with Esophageal Cancer.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Review
- CIRSE Standards of Practice on Oesophageal and Gastroduodenal Stenting.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2023Article
- Anti-reflux versus conventional self-expanding metal stents in the palliation of esophageal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Endoscopy international open · 2022Review
- Why is a very easy, useful, old technique underused? An overview of esophageal brachytherapy - interventional radiotherapy.Journal of contemporary brachytherapy · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionMalignant esophageal obstruction is usually caused by esophageal and other chest cancers. More than 80% of cases of obstructive esophageal cancer (OEC) have lost the chance of curative resection. Stent insertion is a first-line palliative approach used to treat incurable OEC.
aimTo gauge the relative clinical efficacy of I-125 seed-loaded stent (ISS) versus normal stent (NS) insertion as a treatment for OEC. MATERIAL AND
methodsQuerying of the PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases was conducted to find all relevant studies published up to November 2020. The meta-analysis was undertaken using RevMan v5.3.
resultsWe identified 158 studies initially, eight (4 randomized controlled trials and 4 retrospective studies) of which were used in this meta-analysis. We found that the two groups exhibited the comparable pooled
conclusionsFor patients with OEC, our meta-analysis indicated that ISS insertion could provide longer stent patency and survival than NS insertion.
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