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01-02-2004 | Case report
A rare life-threatening complication of migrated nitinol self-expanding metallic stent (Ultraflex)
Authors:
H. S. S. Ho, H. S. Ong
Published in:
Surgical Endoscopy
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Issue 2/2004
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Abstract
The use of self-expanding metallic stents (SEMS) as esophageal endoprosthesis represents an advancement in the palliation of dysphagia
from unresectable esophageal carcinoma. However, the problem of stent migration persists. Although most migrated stents have a benign outcome, complications do occur. Rare reports of intestinal obstruction have been confined to the stiff plastic and stainless-steel stents. We report the first case of intestinal obstruction secondary to the pliable Nitinol SEMS (Ultraflex) migration.