SAN DIEGO -- For endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided transluminal draining of pancreatic pseudocysts, plastic stents appeared as safe and effective as lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS) in a randomized ...

The role of placing multiple stents in the pancreatic duct has been assessed in only one study. [80] Nineteen patients with severe CP and with a single pancreatic stent through a refractory dominant ...

A gastrointestinal stent from Cook Medical now has 510 (k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in patients suffering GI obstructions caused by cancer. Bloomington, ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Millions of medical procedures every year rely on stents—small mesh-like tubes—to keep body channels open when diseases threaten to close them off. These stents help restore blood ...

Visakhapatnam: Doctors at KIMS ICON Hospital in Visakhapatnam successfully treated a life-threatening pancreatic abscess ...