Comparison of axial force and cell width of self-expandable metallic stents: which type of stent is better suited for hilar biliary strictures?

• Published in: Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 646 - 652
• Main Authors: Mukai, Tsuyoshi, Yasuda, Ichiro, Isayama, Hiroyuki, Nakashima, Masanori, Doi, Shinpei, Iwashita, Takuji, Iwata, Keisuke, Kato, Tomohiro, Tomita, Eiichi, Moriwaki, Hisataka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Springer Japan 01.09.2011; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; axial force; Biomechanical Phenomena; cell width; Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde - methods; Cholestasis - surgery; Gastroenterology; Hepatology; hilar biliary strictures; Humans; Machine tools; Materials Testing; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; partial stent‐in‐stent; Prosthesis Design; self‐expandable metallic stent (SEMS); Stents; Surgical Oncology; Topics; Cell width; Partial stent-in-stent; Hilar biliary strictures; Axial force; Self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS)

Background Various types of self-expandable metallic stents (SEMSs) are commercially available. However, few reports have compared the performance of the various SEMSs. In addition to long-term patency, maneuverability during initial placement and feasibility of re-intervention for the stent occlusi...