a plastic stent is first placed and a SEMS deployed on the other side. The plastic stent is then removed, leaving the guidewire alongside the SEMS. The plastic stent is now exchanged with a SEMS ...

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 ...

Conclusions: The double-balloon enteroscopy-guided method followed by conventional endoscopic self-expandable metal stent delivery was ... cases of failed enteral SEMS placement for malignant ...

This also limits the use of conventional SEMs for some academic applications, such as archaeological samples, which cannot be damaged. SEMs largely rely on an operator’s skills to adjust images ...