Stents: An Issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics

by Baron, Todd H., M.D.

• ISBN13: 9781455710980
• ISBN10: 1455710989
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-07-01
• Publisher: SAUNDERS W B CO

Summary

Dr. Baron has assembled experts in the use of expandable metal stents to provide comprehensive coverage of this topic. Articles are devoted to the use of expandable metal stents in biliary disease, esophageal disease, malignant esophageal disease, malignant biliary obstruction, as well as plastic stents and pancreatic stents. A foundation article on the principles of stents and tissue sampling is also included.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xiii
Preface: Pancreatiobiliary and Gastrointestinal Stents	p. xv
Expandable Metal Stents: Principles and Tissue Responses	p. 351
Expandable Stents for Benign Esophageal Disease	p. 359
Expandable Stents for Malignant Esophageal Disease	p. 377
Enteral Stents for Malignant Gastric Outlet Obstruction	p. 389
Plastic Biliary Stents for Benign Biliary Diseases	p. 405
Plastic Biliary Stents for Malignant Biliary Diseases	p. 435
Expandable Metal Stents for Benign Biliary Diseases	p. 447
Self-Expandable Metal Stents for Malignant Distal Biliary Strictures	p. 463
Expandable Metal Stents for Malignant Hilar Biliary Obstruction	p. 481
Pancreatic Stents	p. 499
Expandable Metal Stents for Malignant Colorectal Strictures	p. 511
Expandable Stents: Unique Devices and Clinical Uses	p. 535
Index	p. 547
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