[Heat probe: its use in the palliation of stenosing and bleeding tumors of the digestive tract. Preliminary report].

We present our experience with the use of Heater Probe (H.P.) of the management of malignant stenoses of Gastrointestinal (G.I.) tract. We treated 6 patients: 4 with esophageal cancer, 1 cancer of rectum and 1 malignant infiltration of sigmoid colon. The symptoms were: dysphagia: 4 cases, rectal bleeding: 1 case and bleeding plus obstruction: 1 case. The symptoms were relieved in 5 of the 6 cases. In 1 case with dysphagia there were not response. The H.P. can represent a valid alternative in the palliation of malignant obstruction.