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stent

Medicine a tube of plastic or sprung metal mesh placed inside a hollow tube to reopen it or keep it open; uses in surgery include preventing a blood vessel from closing, esp after angioplasty, and assisting healing after an anastomosis
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Data of patients was further evaluated for age, gender, indications for ERCP and stenting, stricture site, stent type, diameter and length, direction of migrated stent (proximal or distal in CBD), sign and symptoms, complications, method of stent removal as well as its complications and overall success of the procedure.
Systolic and diastolic mean BP was significantly reduced after the procedure in 18 pt's (72%) and then at 1and 3 months at the end of follow-up from values before intervention (p3mm before stenting. Seven pt's (53.8%) in 18 years or below group were off medications after stenting as compared to 6 (50%) in above 18 years group.
Among the 60 patients (Group B) who had post ESWL stenting, 44 achieved clearance.
Incidence and predictors of restenosis after coronary stenting in 10 004 patients with surveillance angiography.
Patients who underwent combined biliary and duodenal stenting were also assessed.
Use of self-expandable metal stents (SEMS) for duodenal stenting is less invasive and can be performed under conscious sedation6.
Mansfield et al., "Endoscopic stenting versus operative gastrojejunostomy for malignant gastric outlet obstruction," Surgical Endoscopy, vol.
Flow-diversion stenting is not ideal because this would effectively jail one of the limbs of the bifurcation.
In this case, the OCT images showed stent malapposition combined by thrombus resolution as well as good apposition with fulfilled thrombus after primary stenting. These findings support the importance of thrombus resolution as a mechanism of LSM.
Material and Methods: Total number of 100 patients of who underwent JJ stenting for obstructive uropathies and following open or endoscopic procedures were included.
Currently, three of the most common treatments for a narrowed or weakened coronary artery disease are coronary artery bypass grafting, percutaneous transluminal coronary balloon angioplasty, and percutaneous transluminal coronary stenting with the aid of coronary balloon angioplasty.
The Zilver PTX stent allows long-lasting restoration of blood flow in the legs and feet to be accomplished with angioplasty and stenting, rather than with peripheral bypass surgery.
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