Background—Primary stenting with self-expanding nitinol stents of the superficial femoral artery yielded improved morphological and clinical results compared with balloon angioplasty with optional stenting until 12 months in a randomized controlled trial. We now report 2-year data on restenosis and clinical outcomes of these patients. Methods and Results—Of 104 patients with chronic limb ischem...

BACKGROUND Superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome is a major complication that occurs when a growing lung malignancy compresses the SVC extrinsically. Current treatment options include radiotherapy or chemotherapy to shrink the tumor or endovascular stenting of the SVC to restore flow. Herein, we report a case series treated in a single institution to demonstrate the safety, effectiveness, and outco...

BACKGROUND Percutaneous balloon angioplasty has become a well-established and routine procedure for coronary revascularization of haemodialysis patients with coronary artery disease. However, the incidence of restenosis after balloon angioplasty is significantly higher in haemodialysis patients than in the general population. We performed a retrospective study comparing balloon angioplasty with...

Background Coronary stenting appears to provide more predictable immediate results and lower rates of restenosis than conventional balloon angioplasty for selected lesion types, but its hospital costs are significantly higher. This study was designed to evaluate the potential cost-effectiveness of Palmaz-Schatz coronary stenting relative to conventional balloon angioplasty for the treatment of ...

introduction: the purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the outcome following stenting over a period of 10 years in patients with chronic laryngotracheal stenosis.   materials and methods: between 2000–2010, out of 111 patients with laryngotracheal trauma, 71 underwent tracheal        t-stenting for laryngotracheal stenosis in the department of otorhinolaryngology at the governmen...

Chronic pancreatitis is one of the indications for pancreatic duct stenting. The success rate of endoscopic stenting of the pancreatic duct is very high (98%). Reports of percutaneous stenting of the Wirsung's duct are very sparse. We present a case with Wirsung's duct stenosis secondary to chronic pancreatitis, which was treated by percutaneous antegrade balloon dilatation and insertion of a p...

Key Points  As the majority of the gastrointestinal tract consists of luminal structures, strictures can develop that result in luminal obstruction.  Stenting is being utilized commonly in human medicine to recanalize structures that have been obstructed allowing for food passage or the passage of fluids such as bile and pancreatic secretions.  Stenting of gastrointestinal tract structures n...

I liac vein stenting is an extension of arterial stent technology. The two share some technical similarities and much of the hardware; however, the indications for and purpose of iliac vein stenting are fundamentally different from arterial practice. Pathophysiologic differences require specific modifications of techniques as well. The clinical outcome of iliac vein stenting has been surprising...

Objectives: To evaluate a newly developed, self-expandable anti-reflux Trumpet (ART) stent customized for cardio oesophageal junctional (COJ) cancer on the feasibility of deployment, migration, quality life, and symptom reliefDesign: Prospective case series, Proof concept pilot studySetting: Tertiary Health Care Center, Hospital Tuanku Jaafar, Seremban, Malaysia. Department Surgery.Participants...

BACKGROUND Primary stenting with self-expanding nitinol stents of the superficial femoral artery yielded improved morphological and clinical results compared with balloon angioplasty with optional stenting until 12 months in a randomized controlled trial. We now report 2-year data on restenosis and clinical outcomes of these patients. METHODS AND RESULTS Of 104 patients with chronic limb isch...