[2] Contraindications to gastroduodenal stent placement include known or suspected enteral ischemia or perforation, inability to pass a guidewire across the stricture, and the usual endoscopy ...

Endoscopic stenting has now become accepted as the primary modality in palliating patients with nonresectable CCA. The endoscopic palliative management of CCA continues to evolve. Controversy ...

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with dual stents placed in 5 cases. Pancreatic duct stone removal using stone retrieval balloons was performed in 24 patients, with analysis revealing the stones to be primarily composed of protein ...

Thirty-two patients (39 %) had already been submitted to previous endoscopic drainage (34.1 % had plastic and 4.9 % had metal stents). Demographic data are shown in Table 1. Technical success was ...

Rajkot: A 40-year-old resident of Gandhidham in Kutch was unable to have solid food for four months, living solely on liquids ...

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These guidelines on transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt (TIPSS) in the management of portal hypertension have been commissioned by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee (CSSC) ...

Others devices such as intravascular ultrasound are no longer used routinely. Stent use has grown exponentially, however, initially because operators perceived that angioplasty with adjunctive ...

The minimally-invasive technique is a game-changer as it reduces tissue damage, blood loss and postoperative pain, aiding faster recovery Listen to Story Endoscopic spine surgery is minimally invasive ...