Temporary stent placement with concurrent chemoradiation therapy in patients with unresectable oesophageal carcinoma: is there an optimal time for stent removal?
The ideal time for stent removal likely falls between 4 and 6 weeks following the start of palliative CCRT allowing the temporary stents to relieve dysphagia effectively in patients with unresectable oesophageal carcinoma.
The lack of difference in cleavage, pregnancy, and implantation rates between both groups suggests that preovulation increase in P production does not alter oocyte-embryo quality. Hence, the reported adverse effects on IVF outcome of pre-hCG elevation of P is likely to reflect an impaired endometrial receptivity in the high P group.