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SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES
Volume 18, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-003-4248-3
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migration; Nitinol SEMS self-expanding metallic stents; intestinal obstruction
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The use of self-expanding metallic stents (SEMS) as esophageal endoprosthesis represents an advancement in the palliation of dysphagia from unresectable esophageal carcinoma. However, the problem of stent migration persists. Although most migrated stents have a benign outcome, complications do occur. Rare reports of intestinal obstruction have been confined to the stiff plastic and stainless-steel stents. We report the first case of intestinal obstruction secondary to the pliable Nitinol SEMS (Ultraflex) migration.
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