Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;6(1):105-114. When double-stent placement (duodenal and biliary) is considered, biliary stent placement can be performed either preceding or following ...

Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;6(1):105-114. When parallel stent deployment is considered, after guidewire placement on both sides, a plastic stent is first placed and a SEMS deployed on ...

The following is a summary of "Risk of post-ERCP pancreatitis due to placement of biliary self-expandable metal stents (SEMS): a single-center retrospective study," published in the March 2025 issue ...

Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Chan Medical School has become the first medical center to complete a procedure using the WallFlex Biliary PLUS RX Fully Covered Stent. The procedure was performed by ...

Endoscopic biliary stenting is a well-recognised method of palliation of malignant biliary obstruction. Distal stent migration causing duodenal perforation is an uncommon complication of this ...

More recent "second generation" bare-metal stents of cobalt-chromium alloy have been made. While plastic stents were first used to treat gastrointestinal conditions of the esophagus, gastroduodenal, ...

Bartholomew's Hospital, London. Palliative treatment is appropriate for most patients with cancer of the head of pancreas. Insertion of a biliary stent relieves jaundice and pruritus but it is not ...

Table 01: Global Drug-Eluting Stents Market Value (US$ Bn) Forecast, By Material, 2020-2035 Table 02: Global Drug-Eluting Stents Market Value (US$ Bn) Forecast, By Metal, 2020-2035 Table 03: Global ...

Biofilm on a 3D-structured hernia mesh was reduced by 84% after treatment, while 87% of bacteria on a metal biliary stent were killed. Professor Zhang added, "Our team pioneered dual-modality ...