Endoscopic dilation of complete oesophageal obstructions with a combined antegrade-retrograde rendezvous technique

Table 2 Patients’ characteristics and outcomes

No	Sex	Age	Diagnosis	Prior radiotherapy (max dose i. Gy)	Surgery	Chemotherapy	Technical success	FOIS	Notes
1	F	68	Hypopharyngeal carcinoma T3 N0 and oropharyngeal carcinoma T2 N0	68	No	Yes	Yes	6
2	M	59	Complete occlusion of sinus piriformis after Lyell syndrome	No	No	No	Yes	6
3	M	54	Squamous carcinoma of the cervical oesophagus cT3 cN2 cM0	66	No	Yes	No	-	Died before follow-up with PEG-tube
4	M	74	Proximal oesophageal carcinoma and carcinoma of the glottic larynx cT2 cN0	Glottis: 66 Oesophagus: 68	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	Died before follow-up with PEG-tube
5	M	68	Carcinoma of the hypopharynx	70	Yes	No	Yes	2
			initial cT2c No cM0
6	M	71	Carcinoma of the larynx cT3 cN2	68	No	No	Yes	7

FOIS: Functional oral intake scale.