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KMID : 1048120180070020088
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International Journal of Gastrointestinal Intervention
2018 Volume.7 No. 2 p.88 ~ p.90
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The vanishing stent: Repeated fracture and dissolution of nitinol gastric stents in a long term cancer survivor
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Lunt Christopher Randle
Najaran Pavan
Edwards Derek E.
Bell Jon K.
Mullan Damian
Laasch Hans-Ulrich
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Abstract
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Nitinol self expandable metal stents are increasingly utilised for malignant obstruction in the proximal gastrointestinal tract. We describe a case in which repeated fracture of proximal duodenal stents with dissolution of the nitinol wire skeleton and covering membranes occurred in a long term cancer survivor. This necessitated placement of 4 stents for symptom control and to allow oral feeding until the patient’s death 20 months after the initial stent was inserted. Fracture of gastric and duodenal stents has rarely been described previously, some incidences of which were considered due to mechanical causes. Dissolution of stent metal skeletons has not previously been recognised in gastroduodenal stents but has been described in an oesophageal stent subject to reflux of gastric content and a biochemical mechanism has been proposed. With modern oncological treatment the prospect of patients outliving their stents is increasing and the need for repeat procedures should form part of the consent process.
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KEYWORD
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Gastric outlet obstruction, Prosthesis failure, Radiology, interventional, Self expandable metal stents
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