Successful management of colonic perforation with a covered metal stent

Self-expandable stents are widely available for the treatment of perforation of the gastrointestinal tract. Because of the risk of migration, there has been no report of the use of self-expandable stents for the treatment of perforation of the colon or rectum. This is a report of successful treatmen...

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Autores principales: Kim, Sang Woo, Lee, Wook Hyun, Kim, Jin Soo, Lee, Ha Nee, Kim, Soo Jung, Lee, Seok Jong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3846998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24307848
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2013.28.6.715
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Sumario:Self-expandable stents are widely available for the treatment of perforation of the gastrointestinal tract. Because of the risk of migration, there has been no report of the use of self-expandable stents for the treatment of perforation of the colon or rectum. This is a report of successful treatment of iatrogenic colonic perforation during balloon dilatation of anastomotic stricture with a fully covered stent. Fully covered, self-expandable metallic stents can be considered useful tools for management of this condition.

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