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Stenosis of the vena cava: preliminary assessment of treatment with expandable metallic stents.
Chuslip Charnsangavej,Cesar H. Carrasco,S. Wallace,Kenneth C. Wright,K Ogawa,W. R. Richli,C Gianturco +6 more
TL;DR: To test the ability of Gianturco expandable metallic stents to dilate and maintain patency in stenotic venae cavae, stenosis of the inferior vena cava was created in mongrel dogs by the percutaneous injection of absolute ethanol into the paravascular retroperitoneal space.
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Meta-analysis of randomized trials comparing the patency of covered and uncovered self-expandable metal stents for palliation of distal malignant bile duct obstruction
TL;DR: CSEMSs have a significantly longer duration of patency compared with USEMSs in patients with distal malignant biliary obstruction, and stent dysfunction occurs at a similar rate, although there is a trend toward later obstruction with CSEMSs.
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No Benefit of Covered vs Uncovered Self-Expandable Metal Stents in Patients With Malignant Distal Biliary Obstruction: A Meta-analysis
TL;DR: The use of covered Sems, compared with uncovered SEMS, in patients with distal malignant biliary obstruction is of unclear benefit; covered SEMS have a higher rate of migration and do not appear to have longer patency.
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Gianturco self-expanding stents: clinical experience in the vena cava and large veins.
J. Duncan Irving,J. Duncan Irving,J. Duncan Irving,Robert F. Dondelinger,John F. Reidy,Hans H. Schild,Robert Dick,A. Adam,Manuel Maynar,Christoph L. Zollikofer +9 more
TL;DR: The results of this short series suggest that the Gianturco self-expanding stent in the vena cava and large veins is easy and safe to place, and in most cases produces almost immediate palliation of the distressing effects of venous obstruction, often in a preterminal and inoperable patient.
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Hepatic inferior vena cava obstruction: treatment of two types with Gianturco expandable metallic stents.
S Furui,S Sawada,T Irie,Kohzoh Makita,T Yamauchi,Shoichi Kusano,K Ibukuro,Hironobu Nakamura,E Takenaka +8 more
TL;DR: Gianturco expandable metallic stents can correct IVC obstruction due to compression by hepatic tumors and are useful in preventing reocclusion of the IVC after PTA for the treatment of idiopathic obstruction and the authors recommend using tanem stents connected by at least two struts.