Impact of airway stenting on respiratory symptoms and, EGC therapy.

*<p>% based on patients who were candidate for therapy. 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.</p><p>RR: relative risk. EGC: esophageal cancer. RT: Radiotherapy. CT: chemotherapy.</p

Double stenting in a patient with a voluminous esophageal tumor.

<p>Initial staging fibroscopy showed extrinsic compression with no fistula and/or malignant proliferation in the trachea. Esophageal stenting was required because of complete dysphagia. Double stenting was performed before palliative radiotherapy. No complications occurred.</p

Patient's characteristics.

†<p>Miscellaneous symptoms (fatigue, fever, chest pain).</p>*<p>Referral time was esophageal stent insertion.</p><p>FOB: Fiberoptic bronchoscopy.</p

Perforation of the trachea by an esophageal stent.

<p>The carina and the main left bronchus were severely injured. The initial fibroscopy performed before esophageal stenting, showed a slight intrinsic compression of the lower part of the trachea and main left bronchus.</p

Interventional procedures.

<p>EC: electrocautery. AP: Aspiration pneumonia. SS: septic shock. T: Tracheal. B: Bronchial. DS: Dumont stent. YDS: Y Dumont stent. W.: weeks. RT: Radiotherapy.</p>§<p>The number of stents exceeded the number of cases as some patients had multiple stents insertion.</p>*<p>With ARF (acute respiratory failure) at admission.</p>†<p>Double fistula of the middle trachea (not related to esophageal stent) and carina. The carina and the 2 main bronchi were destroyed by the esophageal stent. Malignant infiltration was observed. Left bronchus was totally obstructed.</p

Severe compression of the left main bronchus induced by an esophageal stent.

<p>The patient experienced aspiration pneumonia.</p

Comparison of demographic data general conditions and cause of death in patients in group 1 and group 2.

<p>MO/M1: presence or absence of EGC metastasis.</p>*<p>Acute severe symptoms in group 2 are chest pain for 6 patients and a transient shortening of breath for 1 patient.</p