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In situ cooling with ice water for the easier removal of self-expanding nitinol stents

Background: It is yet to be determined what effects temperature has on the properties of nitinol in order to simplify the process of removing nitinol self-expanding metal stents (SEMS). Materials and methods: We describe the procedure for removal of SEMS in a total of 11 cases with 9 patients. A stu...

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Autores principales: Merkel, Daniel, Brinkmann, Eckhard, Wiens, Daniel, Derwahl, Karl-Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: © Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4423297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26134772
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1390760