Open AccessEndoscopic stenting for malignant respiratory-digestive fistulas
Author(s) -
Aleksej I. Ivanov,
Aleksej I. Ivanov,
В. А. Попов,
В. А. Попов,
М В Бурмистров,
М В Бурмистров
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
consilium medicum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2542-2170
pISSN - 2075-1753
DOI - 10.26442/20751753.2020.12.200484
Subject(s) - medicine , endoscopic stenting , fistula , esophagus , palliative care , stent , radiology , surgery , endoscopy , intensive care medicine , nursing
The paper presents a review of foreign literature at the present stage on the use of endoscopic stenting of the trachea and esophagus in malignant respiratory-digestive fistulas. Based on the data of foreign literature demonstrating the effectiveness of stenting, indications and contraindications for stenting, approaches for choosing a stent are presented, as well as the advantages, disadvantages, frequency of possible complications and endoscopic methods for their elimination. In conditions of limited life expectancy, patients with malignant fistulas need timely and effective choice of palliative care, which restores the patency of the esop-hagus, seals the fistula and improves the quality of life. Stenting with this pathology is the optimal method of choice. Due to the limited availability of internal in-formation, given the rarity of the occurrence of malignant esophago-respiratory fistulas, the foreign experience was generalized in this work.