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Gastroenterol. Clin. North Am. · Mar 2006
ReviewEndoscopic approaches for palliation of luminal gastrointestinal obstruction.
- Douglas G Adler and Shehzad N Merwat.
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, MSB 4.234, 6431 Fannin, 77030, USA. douglas.adler@uth.tmc.edu
- Gastroenterol. Clin. North Am. 2006 Mar 1; 35 (1): 65-82, viii.
AbstractMuch of the workload of a typical gastroenterologist is devoted to screening patients for gastrointestinal malignancies. Efforts such as colorectal cancer screening via colonoscopy and endoscopic surveillance of patients with Barrett's esophagus are widespread and widely endorsed. In recent years, the armamentarium of endoscopy has broadened considerably and now affords physicians a variety of nonsurgical means to palliate malignant obstruction of the gastrointestinal tract. This article reviews endoscopic techniques to treat malignant esophageal, biliary, small bowel, and colonic obstruction.
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