Comparative study of self-expanding metal stent and intraluminal radioactive stent for inoperable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

摘要

BackgroundWe compared the effectiveness of self-expanding metal stent alone vs. radioactive stent embedded with ¹²⁵I seeds implantation insertion in patients of inoperable esophageal squamous cell cancer combined with malignant esophageal stenosis.