Open AccessEsophageal stents in benign and malignant diseases
Author(s) -
N Ananthakrishnan,
CP Lakshmi,
Vikram Kate
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.208
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 2222-1808
DOI - 10.1016/s2222-1808(11)60074-1
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , esophagus , stent , radiology , modality (human–computer interaction) , surgery , computer science , human–computer interaction
Esophageal stenting was originally offered to patients with advanced esophageal malignancy,\udfor whom it was considered as a costly modality of palliation. Advances in stent design and\udtechnology have resulted in more varieties of stents like the fully covered and removable metallic\udstents as well as self expanding plastic stents. As a result, the use of esophageal stents has\udbeen expanded to various benign conditions as well as to neoadjuvant settings in malignancy.\udThis article tries to outline the current status of stenting in a variety of benign and malignant\udconditions of the esophagus