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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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Autor principal: Irani, Shayan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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