Fully covered stents are similar to semi-covered stents with regard to migration in palliative treatment of malignant strictures of the esophagus and gastric cardia: results of a randomized controlled trial
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DOI: 10.1007/s00464-017-5441-0
Abstract: IntroductionStent migration is a significant clinical problem in palliation of malignant strictures in the esophagus and gastro-esophageal junction (GEJ). We have compared a newer design of a fully-covered stent to a widely used semi-covered stent… read more here.
Keywords: covered stent; fully covered; covered stents; migration ... See more keywords