SAN DIEGO -- For endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided transluminal draining of pancreatic pseudocysts, plastic stents appeared ...

The stent system, created by Boston Scientific, is the only biliary metal stent in the U.S. that lasts up to 12 months in the treatment of benign biliary strictures secondary to chronic pancreatitis.

Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;6(1):105-114. When double-stent placement (duodenal and biliary) is considered, biliary stent placement can be performed either preceding or following ...

Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;6(1):105-114. When parallel stent deployment is considered, after guidewire placement on both sides, a plastic stent is first placed and a SEMS deployed on ...

The gastroenterologist performed an endoscopy and placed a metal stent in the stomach. The biopsy revealed the H. pylori bacteria. “Unfortunately the stomach cancer has advanced to the point ...

Melsungen, Germany), a polyurethane sponge of 50mm in length and 13mm in diameter, and the VACStent (MICRO-TECH Europe GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany), a nitinol-covered stent, with a polyurethane sponge ...

Stent placement – A stent is a small plastic or metal tube that helps keep the bile duct, pancreatic duct or duodenum open. Stent insertion can relieve blockages in these areas and may be used instead ...