Esophageal stenting is a medical procedure used to treat various conditions affecting the esophagus, including strictures (narrowing of the esophagus) and malignancies. The use of stents ...

Describes the nature of a clinical study. Types include: Observational study — observes people and measures outcomes without affecting results. Interventional study (clinical trial) — studies new ...

1 The Hot-Axios (Boston Scientific) device offers a one-step combined diathermy-enabled access and deployment of a lumen-apposing self-expanding metal stent (LASEM). The aim of this study was to ...

From May 1997 until December 2002, 78 patients underwent placement of 89 highly flexible knitted, self-expanding metal stents (Ultraflex Esophageal Prostheses, Microvasive, Natick, MA, USA).