title: Relocatable Gianturco expandable metallic stents.
abstract: The authors modified Gianturco expandable metallic stents to make them relocatable. Two tandem designs were made. The first design had long struts and, thus, more evenly distributed expansive force; the second had short struts and more flexibility and was better suited for use in curved strictures. Both designs (two to four in tandem, 0.012-, 0.014-, and 0.018-inch wire) were tested successfully in vitro, and both designs (two to four in tandem, 0.012-inch wire) were successfully placed, retrieved, and relocated in the inferior vena cava of five dogs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Irie
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furui
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Makita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sawada
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Takenaka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D008670:Metals; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D014684:Venae Cavae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D008670:Metals