Feasibility and safety of self-expandable metal stent in nonmalignant disease of the lower gastrointestinal tract
Ludovica Venezia, Andrea Michielan, G. Condino, Emanuele Sinagra, Elisa Stasi, Marianna Galeazzi, Carlo Fabbri, Andrea Anderloni
Abstract
In recent years, self-expandable metal stents (SEMSs) have been employed to treat benign gastrointestinal strictures secondary to several conditions: Acute diverticulitis, radiation colitis, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and postanastomotic leakages and stenosis. Other applications include endometriosis and fistulas of the lower gastrointestinal tract. Although it may be technically feasible to proceed to stenting in the aforementioned benign diseases of the lower gastrointestinal tract, the outcome has been reported to be poor. In fact, in some settings (such as complicated diverticulitis and postsurgical anastomotic WJGE https://www.wjgnet.com