title: Intervention in gastrointestinal tract: the treatment of esophageal, gastroduodenal and colorectal obstructions with metallic stents.
abstract: With the development of newer stent designs and delivery systems, metallic stents are currently established component of nonsurgical treatment of gastrointestinal obstructions. The use of metallic stents is not intended to be curative but palliative. This palliation may be intended for the rest of the patient's life with unresectable disease or as a temporary procedure prior to a definitive surgical procedure to allow time to improve the patient's overall medical condition or quick and noninvasive decompression of the intestinal obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Istanbul University, Capa 34390, Istanbul, Turkey. acunasb@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Bülent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Acunaş
authors.forename: Arzu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poyanlí
authors.forename: Izzet
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rozanes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000628:therapy; D004380:Duodenal Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000628:therapy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D017219:Gastric Outlet Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D015607:Stents