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Placing a lumen-apposing metal stent despite ascites: feasibility and safety
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Placing a lumen-apposing metal stent (LAMS) through ascites carries serious risks, including death from leakage around the LAMS and failure to create a mature fistula between the 2 lumens. However, sometimes no options exist or are equally dangerous. We present 5 patients who un...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7652702/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33204927 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vgie.2020.07.017 |