The vanishing stent: Repeated fracture and dissolution of nitinol gastric stents in a long term cancer survivor
Nitinol self expandable metal stents are increasingly utilised for malignant obstruction in the proximal gastrointestinal tract. We describe a case in which repeated fracture of proximal duodenal stents with dissolution of the nitinol wire skeleton and covering membranes occurred in a long term canc...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Society of Gastrointestinal Intervention
2018-07-01
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Series: | Gastrointestinal Intervention |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.18528/gii170010 |