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Safety and efficacy of self-expandable metallic stents in malignant small bowel obstructions

In this report, we present 3 cases of malignant small bowel obstruction, treated with palliative care using endoscopic self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS) placement, with the aim to identify the safety and efficacy of this procedure. Baseline patient characteristics, procedure methods, procedure t...

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Autores principales: Tsuboi, Akiyoshi, Kuwai, Toshio, Nishimura, Tomoyuki, Iio, Sumio, Mori, Takeshi, Imagawa, Hiroki, Yamaguchi, Toshiki, Yamaguchi, Atsushi, Kouno, Hirotaka, Kohno, Hiroshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5083807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27833393
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v22.i40.9022
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Sumario:In this report, we present 3 cases of malignant small bowel obstruction, treated with palliative care using endoscopic self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS) placement, with the aim to identify the safety and efficacy of this procedure. Baseline patient characteristics, procedure methods, procedure time, technical and clinical success rates, complications, and patient outcomes were obtained. All 3 patients had pancreatic cancer with small bowel strictures. One patient received the SEMS using colonoscopy, while the other 2 patients received SEMS placement via double balloon endoscopy using the through-the-overtube technique. The median procedure time was 104 min. The technical and clinical success rates were 100%. Post-treatment, obstructive symptoms in all patients improved, and a low-residue diet could be tolerated. All stents remained within the patients until their deaths. The median overall survival time (stent patency time) was 76 d. SEMS placement is safe and effective as a palliative treatment for malignant small bowel obstruction.