A bridge-to-surgery approach using colonic stent placement offers similar short-term survival outcomes to emergency surgery in patients with left-sided obstructive colorectal cancer, while reducing ...
COLONIC stenting for obstructing colorectal cancer can be performed with acceptable radiation exposure while offering patients a strong chance of avoiding stoma formation, according to new findings.
1 Department of Pathology, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China 2 Department of General Surgery, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, ...
The following is a summary of “Individualized prediction of stent patency in malignant colonic obstruction: development and validation of a prognostic model,” published in the April 2025 issue of the ...
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a heart stent made specifically for infants and young children, a device that could help kids born with certain congenital heart defects avoid a ...
The FDA has approved a new type of stent designed specifically for infants and young children—including neonates born with congenital heart defects—that’s designed to expand in size as the child grows ...
A stent thrombosis is a blood clot that forms within a coronary stent. It can be a complication of stent placement to open a narrowed artery. A coronary stent is a mesh tube that opens a narrowed or ...
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Each year, nearly a million Americans get a stent - a tiny mesh tube that props open a clogged artery. If you have heart disease, your doctor may recommend one. But whether you ...