This is called a drug-eluting balloon. Your physician then collapses the balloon and withdraws the catheter. Your physician may then perform stenting and/or atherectomy. The procedure will take place ...

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).

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 ...

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 ...

Bioresorbable stents (BRS) were initially developed with the goal of providing adequate mechanical support and drug delivery in the short to medium term (one to two years) while gradually disappearing ...

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 ...