Removal of a partially covered stent by endoscopic substent dissection

Herein we describe a new technical endoscopic removal of embedded partially covered esophageal stent that was inserted to treat a iatrogenic perforation of esophagus. Usually, partially covered stents can be removed by the stent-in-stent technique. In this case, the embedded stent could not be remov...

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Main Authors: Iyad Khamaysi, Alain Suissa, Ian M. Gralnek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2016-07-01
Series:Journal of Digestive Endoscopy
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-5042.193744