Erschienen in:
01.12.2013 | Letter to the Editor
Alternative management of anastomotic colorectal strictures: our experience with fully covered self-expanding metal stents
verfasst von:
Angelo Caruso, Mauro Manno, Raffaele Manta, Helga Bertani, Vincenzo Giorgio Mirante, Rita Conigliaro
Erschienen in:
Surgical Endoscopy
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Ausgabe 12/2013
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Excerpt
We read with great interest the article on endoscopic treatment of postsurgical anastomotic colorectal strictures using biodegradable (BD) stents by Repici et al. [
1] published recently in
Surgical Endoscopy. In this original article, the authors used nondedicated esophageal BD stents with the intent to treat postsurgical anastomotic colorectal strictures refractory to classic mechanical or pneumatic dilation. Their results showed an overall success rate of 45 % (5 of 11 patients) and a 36 % rate (4 of 11 patients) of stent migration. …