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Suggest Treatment For Esophageal Cancer
Hi.. there was a upper esophageal Tumor in throat..operated during that..the food pipe got rotten and dr.cut the rotten part and joined the rest Food pipe with stomach
after few days of this operation there was a pinhole linkage though afterwards treated by dr ..but by that food pipe got shrinked.and intake of any liquid is stopped.so please suggest the further treatment for curing shrinked Food pipe.. so that the patient can intake some thing
after few days of this operation there was a pinhole linkage though afterwards treated by dr ..but by that food pipe got shrinked.and intake of any liquid is stopped.so please suggest the further treatment for curing shrinked Food pipe.. so that the patient can intake some thing
Thu, 27 Jul 2017
I appreciate your concernew. before giving any comments a patient review is required. but as you have described an esophageal stenting can be done or if patient has good performance status then PEG feeding can be started
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