title: Self-expanding metal stents for palliation of malignant gastric outlet obstruction.
abstract: Treatment of inoperable gastric outlet obstruction caused by tumor compression is difficult and often unsatisfactory. The case of a 56-year-old female patient in whom self-expanding stents were implanted, successfully enabling oral nutrition, is reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Truong
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bohndorf
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Geller
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schumpèlick
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Günther
mesh_terms: D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011707:Pyloric Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications