Background and Aims: Technical limitations of conventional endoscopes and delivery systems frequently hamper palliative endoscopic placement of self-expandable metal stents for malignant small bowel ...

Refractory, benign esophageal strictures (RBES) are those that cannot be dilatated to an adequate diameter, recur within a short time interval, or require ongoing dilatation. The most common causes of ...

When a colorectal tumor grows large enough to block the bowel, patients often face one of the most dangerous emergencies in oncology. Malignant large bowel obstruction complicates roughly 15 to 29 ...

One year of dual antiplatelet therapy with one of two potent P2Y12 inhibitors—ticagrelor or prasugrel—in people with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes who had received a drug-eluting stent did not offer the ...

Introduction Is Long-term Single Antiplatelet Clopidogrel Therapy Safe After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation in Patients on Anticoagulants? MATRIX Registry: Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After ...

During a day covering an internal-medicine service with several cardiac patients, the doctor was urgently paged about a patient experiencing chest pain after recently suffering a heart attack and ...

Researchers from Italy have reported results from more than 10 years of follow-up showing that the placement of multiple endoscopic stents for the treatment of postoperative biliary strictures remains ...

Stent–graft placement is used to treat aneurysms of the abdominal aorta. Weakening of the wall of the aorta can lead to widening of the vessel, or aneurysm. Aneurysms may rupture causing internal ...

Background: American and European cardiology societies recommend six to 12 months of dual-antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel (Plavix) after drug-eluting stent placement to prevent late ...