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Enteric Stents: Indications and Placement Techniques

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Expandable stents have now become accepted for the relief of malignant obstruction throughout the gastrointestinal tract and biliary system. Enteric stents, as defined in this chapter, are stents placed in the stomach and small bowel (including retrograde approach to distal small bowel disease) for management of a variety of benign and malignant disease processes. The vast majority of enteric stents are placed for relief of malignant obstruction, although such stents are also placed for the management of benign disease including obstruction and/or fistula. The clinical response to these devices is dependent on proper stent placement and the anatomical location in which they are placed. Proper stent placement, in turn, is dependent on being familiar with the characteristics of the devices, having knowledge of the length of the stricture, precise localization of a fistula, if present, and location of the disease process within the gastrointestinal tract. This chapter summarizes the techniques for optimal placement of expandable stents in the stomach and small bowel.

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    Todd Baron M.D.

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    Richard Kozarek

  2. , Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatol, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, 55905, Minnesota, USA

    Todd Baron

  3. , Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, Pungnap-2Dong 388-1, Seoul, 138-736, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Ho-Young Song

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Baron, T. (2013). Enteric Stents: Indications and Placement Techniques. In: Kozarek, R., Baron, T., Song, HY. (eds) Self-Expandable Stents in the Gastrointestinal Tract. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3746-8_11

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