title: Self-expandable metal stents in the treatment of benign anastomotic stricture after rectal resection for cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the use of self-expandable metallic stents to treat patients with symptomatic benign anastomotic stricture after colorectal resection.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ten patients with a benign symptomatic anastomotic stricture after colorectal resection were treated with endoscopic placement of a self-expandable metal stent.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The stent was placed successfully in all 10 patients without any major morbidity. At a mean follow-up of 18 months the stenosis was resolved successfully in 7 out 10 patients (70%). The remaining three patients were subsequently treated successfully with balloon dilatation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Self-expandable metal stents represent a valid alternative to balloon dilatation to treat patients with benign symptomatic anastomotic stricture after colorectal resection for cancer.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Pietro Valdoni-Istituto Paride Stefanini, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lamazza
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fiori
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Sterpetti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schillaci
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scoglio
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lezoche
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Colorectal cancer; anastomotic stenosis after surgery; self-expandable metal stents