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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Main Authors: Christopher Randle Lunt, Pavan Najaran, Derek E. Edwards, Jon K Bell, Damian Mullan, Hans-Ulrich Laasch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society of Gastrointestinal Intervention 2018-07-01
Series:Gastrointestinal Intervention
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.18528/gii170010