BACKGROUND: Iatrogenic esophageal perforation after endoscopy or surgery can be a devastating event. Traditional therapy has most often consisted of operative repair of the esophagus. This ...

From May 1997 until December 2002, 78 patients underwent placement of 89 highly flexible knitted, self-expanding metal stents (Ultraflex Esophageal Prostheses, Microvasive, Natick, MA, USA).

Sometimes, other procedures are considered when strictures keep recurring, including dilation therapy with steroid injections or stent placement. Yoon YS, Kim JY, Lee KJ, Yu KP, Lee MS. Balloon ...

This is a stent thrombosis that occurs within 24 hours of placement. Subacute stent thrombosis: This is a stent thrombosis that occurs between 24 hours and 1 month of placement. Stent thrombosis ...

The exact cause of esophageal cancer is unknown, but genetics appears to play a role. Several risk factors for the disease have also been identified. These vary depending on the type of cancer, with ...

Esophageal cancer is one of the most deadly cancers — so why doesn’t the healthcare industry have better tools to prevent the disease? Lucid Diagnostics is on a mission to solve that problem.

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Multiple studies have highlighted the importance of carotid artery stenting (CAS) operator's experiences. However, fellowship‐trained neurointerventionalists remain an under‐represented specialty in ...

Virtual reality could offer a cheaper and quicker alternative to 3-dimensional printing for procedure planning in this lesion. Key considerations include secure placement of the covered stent in the ...