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Broken Esophageal Stent Successfully Treated by Interventional Radiology Technique

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Esophageal stent fractures occur quite rarely. A 61-year-old male patient was previously treated for rupture of benign stenosis, occurring after dilatation, by implanting an esophageal stent. However, a year after implantation, the patient suffered from dysphagia caused by the broken esophageal stent. He was treated with the interventional radiology technique, whereby a second implantation of the esophageal stent was carried out quite successfully.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University Hospital, Kollárova 2, 036 59, Martin, Slovakia

    Kamil Zeleňák & Hubert Poláček

  2. Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Kollárova 2, 036 59, Martin, Slovakia

    Dušan Mištuna & Jaroslav Lúčan

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  1. Kamil Zeleňák
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Zeleňák, K., Mištuna, D., Lúčan, J. et al. Broken Esophageal Stent Successfully Treated by Interventional Radiology Technique. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 33, 643–645 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-009-9648-x

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