Up until today, various types of intestinal drains have been introduced--they have always been self-expanding metallic stents. Just the application of self-expanding stents in patients with ...

Biliary Stent: A tube inserted into the bile duct to keep it open and allow bile to flow from the liver to the intestine. Pericarditis: Inflammation of the pericardium, the fibrous sac surrounding ...

A stent is a small mesh tube inserted into an artery that has been narrowed by plaque build-up. In the US, nearly two million stents are implanted every year, and they can be life-saving during a ...

Although stents in combination with a healthy diet ... ROACH: Is 18 years a record for living without a stomach? A family member had stomach cancer when he was 70 and had his stomach removed.

Background and Aims: Technical limitations of conventional endoscopes and delivery systems frequently hamper palliative endoscopic placement of self-expandable metal stents for malignant small ...