Indication for 'Over the scope' (OTS)-clip vs. covered self-expanding metal stent (cSEMS) is unequal in upper gastrointestinal leakage: results from a retrospective head-to-head comparison.

Indication for 'Over the scope' (OTS)-clip vs. covered self-expanding metal stent (cSEMS) is unequal in upper gastrointestinal leakage: results from a retrospective head-to-head comparison.

Intestinal perforation or leakage increases morbidity and mortality of surgical and endoscopic interventions. We identified criteria for use of full-covered, extractable self-expanding metal stents (cSEMS) vs. 'Over the scope'-clips (OTSC) for leak closure.Patients who underwent endoscopic...

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Main Authors: Harald Farnik, Marlene Driller, Thomas Kratt, Carsten Schmidt, Martin Fähndrich, Natalie Filmann, Alfred Königsrainer, Andreas Stallmach, Michael Heike, Wolf O Bechstein, Stefan Zeuzem, Jörg G Albert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4309679?pdf=render

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