OBJECTIVES To evaluate the efficacy and safety of currently used drug eluting stents compared with each other and compared with bare metal stents in patients with diabetes. DESIGN Mixed treatment comparison meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SELECTION PubMed, Embase, and CENTRAL were searched for randomised clinical trials, until April 2012, of four durable polymer drug eluting stents (s...

BACKGROUND The use of a drug-eluting balloon for the treatment of de novo coronary artery lesions remains to be evaluated. A previous trial in patients with stable and unstable angina comparing a bare metal stent mounted on a drug-eluting balloon with a sirolimus-eluting stent failed to meet the prespecified non-inferiority criteria versus the sirolimus-eluting stent. The stent struts of a bare...

Covered self-expanding metallic stents are commonly employed to relieve malignant oesophageal obstruction. We report a case of a patient with oesophageal cancer treated by stent insertion and curative chemoradiotherapy with subsequent stent migration to the stomach. The stent fractured with the distal fragment migrating as far as the terminal ileum where it caused perforation of the bowel.

OBJECTIVES This study sought to study stent thrombosis with the paclitaxel-eluting Taxus stent. BACKGROUND The incidence and timing of stent thrombosis after drug-eluting stent placement compared with bare-metal stent implantation remain unsettled, with consequent uncertainty about risk stratification and long-term recommendations for antiplatelet medications. METHODS This study used a pati...

1. Babor R, Talbot M, Tyndal A. Treatment of upper gastrointestinal leaks with a removable, covered, self-expanding metallic stent. Surg Laparosc Endosc percutaneous Tech 2009; 19:e1–e4. 2. Da Costa Martins B, Medrado BF, de Lima MS, Retes FA, Kawaguti FS, Pennacchi CMPS, Maluf-Filho F. Esophageal metallic stent fixation with dental floss: a simple method to prevent migration. Endoscopy 2013; 4...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Stent-assisted revascularization increases prevailing recanalization rates ( congruent with 50%-69%) for vessel occlusions recalcitrant to thrombolytics. Although balloon-mounted coronary stents can displace thrombus (via angioplasty) and retain clot along vessel walls, intracranial self-expanding stents are more flexible and exert less radial outward force during deploym...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Conformity between self-expanding Wallstents and vascular anatomy is limited. Because of a lack of longitudinal flexibility, straightening effects on vascular curves occur and may result in stent-induced kinking. Our purpose was to evaluate the conformity of self-expanding stents with the course and endoluminal surface of silicone models of the normal human carotid artery...