Pulsion intubation for palliation of carcinoma of the oesophagus

1 March 1977

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery

Vol. 64 (3) , 160-165
https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800640304

Abstract

Summary One hundred and eighty-one patients with carcinoma of the upper thoracic oesophagus were intubated perorally using a Procter Livingstone tube. The mortality was 16·6 per cent but, in the patients who survived, the palliation achieved, as judged by improved swallowing, was considered satisfactory. Factors influencing the success of intubation are also considered.

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