Palliation of Malignant Obstructive Jaundice

Abstract

The metallic stent provides good palliative drainage, and the percutaneous insertion of metallic stents is well tolerated by the patients. The procedure is simple and safe to use and can be executed in one stage. The one-stage procedure, compared to the 2-stage procedure, may reduce hospital stays.

Carotid Artery Stent Continued Expansion Days after Deployment, without Post Stent Deployment Angioplasty

“…Stent expansion over time was first observed in biliary stents. 1 It has been shown in coronary stents 2 , 3 and also in carotid cases. 4 , 5 Our case report confirms stent expansion in the carotid artery with the use of carotid duplex ultrasound.…”

Long-Term follow-up in Patients with Malignant Biliary Obstruction after Percutaneous Placement of Uncovered Wallstent Endoprostheses

“…After deployment, they expand to an inner luminal diameter of 8-12 mm, for which rea-son they have long patency rates and decreased rates of premature lumen occlusion. The great radial force exerted by Wallstents on the bile duct walls keeps them firmly in place (12,17).…”

Perkütan Bilier Sistem Drenajlari

“…tümörün tamamen çıkartılması şansı bulunmamaktadır. Cerrahi şansını kaybetmiş malign biliyer darlık ve tı-kanıklılarda palyatif amaçlı ilk tedavi seçeneği metalik stentlemedir [7][8][9][10][11][12]. Stenleme, perkü-tan biliyer drenaj ile aynı seansta veya birkaç gün sonra yapılabilir.…”

“…Malign safra yolu tıkanıklıklarında genellikle kendiliğinden açılan stentler kullanılmakta olup, nadiren kısa fokal darlıklarda balon ile genişleyen stentler yerleştirilebilmektedir [9]. Kapsız olan bu stentlerin en büyük dezavantajı tümörün stent içerisine doğru büyümesidir.…”