[Endoprosthesis of self-expanding metallic stents in stenosing diseases of the esophagus].

The article deals with the questions of treatment of diseases developing with constriction of the esophagus lumen using modern minimally invasive techniques. The authors set the tasks to improve treatment of patients with dysphagia using endoscopic stenting. Original solutions of complex problems are presented arising in treatment of such group of patients. A detailed analysis of complications is given and the scheme of the causes of their appearance which is thought to be actual.