Buried lumen-apposing metal stent following EUS-guided gastrojejunostomy: a rare adverse event and its management by Diego Cadena Aguirre, MD, Bruno da Costa Martins, MD, PhD, Marcelo Simas de Lima, MD, Amanda Pombo, MD, Luciano Lenz, MD, PhD, Adriana Vaz Safatle-Ribeiro, MD, PhD, Manuel Perez-Miranda, MD, PhD, Fauze Maluf-Filho, MD, PhD

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Impact of zero-markup consumable policy and national procurement of coronary stents on hospitalization expenses: an interrupted time series analysis by Shao-long Wu, Shao-long Wu, Kun Wang, Xin Yang, Ning Liu, Ning Liu, Wen-xin Zou, Xiao-wei Li, Dan-hua Huang, Tian-hao Yu

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Corrigendum to “Relationship between the Direction of Ophthalmic Artery Blood Flow and Ocular Microcirculation before and after Carotid Artery Stenting” by Masashi Ishii, Morito Hayashi, Fumihiko Yagi, Kenichiro Sato, Goji Tomita, Satoshi Iwabuchi

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Comparative efficacy of precut over a pancreatic duct stent and transpancreatic precut sphincterotomy for difficult biliary cannulation in ERCP by YAO Wenfei, QI Yang, LI Qianyi, WU Yuquan, XU Ruiyun, YAO Wei, KONG Lei, LI Nengping

Subjects: “…|endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography(ercp)|difficult biliary cannulation|precut over a pancreatic duct stent(ppds)|transpancreatic precut sphincterotomy(tps)…”
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Peripheral Artery Disease Intervention: Drug-Coated Balloon vs Drug-Eluting Stent, A Long-Term Comparison by Nathan Marzlin, M. Fuad Jan, Louie Kostopoulos, Ana Cristina Perez Moreno, Tanvir Bajwa, Suhail Q. Allaqaband

“…The aim of the study is to evaluate current trends and long-term durability of both drug-eluting stents (DES) and drug-coated balloons (DCB) in the treatment of peripheral artery disease (PAD). …”
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Prognostic Value of Plasma Pentraxin-3 Levels in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease after Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation by Liu Haibo, Guo Xiaofang, Wang Chunming, Yuan Jie, Chen Guozhong, Zhang Limei, Cao Yong, Fang Yu, Bao Yingchun, Yu Wangjun, Ge Junbo

“…Our aim was to assess the prognostic value of PTX3 in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) after drug eluting stent (DES) implantation. Plasma PTX3 levels were measured before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and at 24 h post-PCI in 596 consecutive patients with stable CAD. …”
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Stenting of Variant Left Carotid Artery Using Brachial Artery Approach in a Patient with Unusual Type of Bovine Aortic Arch by Emre Gürel, Zeki Yüksel Günaydın, Ahmet Karagöz, Osman Bektaş, Adil Bayramoğlu, Abdullah Çelik, Aslı Vural

“…We reported on a successful left carotid artery stenting case using right brachial artery approach in a bovine aortic arch. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients Undergoing Coronary Stent Implantation: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis by Yi Xu, Yimin Shen, Delong Chen, Pengfei Zhao, Jun Jiang

“…Primary endpoints were all-cause mortality, cardiac death, myocardial infarction (MI), major bleeding, any bleeding, definite or probable stent thrombosis (ST), and net adverse clinical events (NACE). …”
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Effectiveness and safety of the XEN45 gel stent compared to trabeculectomy in primary open-angle glaucoma: the Gold-Standard Pathway Study by Kaweh Mansouri, Xuemin Gu, Ingeborg Stalmans, Herbert A Reitsamer, Iqbal K Ahmed, Vanessa Vera, Antonio Maria Fea, Earl Randy Craven

“…Aim To compare the gel stent to trabeculectomy in the Gold-Standard Pathway Study (GPS) patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).Methods In the GPS, patients with elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) poorly controlled with IOP-lowering medication were randomised (2:1, gel stent:trabeculectomy). …”
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The New Nitinol Conformable Self-Expandable Metal Stents for Malignant Colonic Obstruction: A Pilot Experience as Bridge to Surgery Treatment by Roberto Di Mitri, Filippo Mocciaro

“…Self-expandable metal stents (SEMS) are a nonsurgical option for treatment of malignant colorectal obstruction also as a bridge to surgery approach. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Second-Generation Drug-Eluting Stents in Real-World Practice: Insights from the Multicenter Grand-DES Registry by You-Jeong Ki, Kyung Woo Park, Jeehoon Kang, Chee-Hoon Kim, Jung-Kyu Han, Han-Mo Yang, Hyun-Jae Kang, Bon-Kwon Koo, Hyo-Soo Kim

“…No study has simultaneously compared everolimus-eluting stent (EES), biolimus-eluting stent (BES), and zotarolimus-eluting stent (ZES). …”
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Do Self-Expanding Metal Stents as a Bridge to Surgery Benefit All Patients with Obstructive Left-Side Colorectal Cancers? by Jun-rong Zhang, Ping Hou, Tian-ran Liao, Yong Wei, Xian-qiang Chen, Bing-qiang Lin

“…Self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) have been increasingly used in patients with obstructive left-sided colorectal cancer (OLCC); however, stent-specific complications (e.g., perforations) might worsen the long-term survival outcome. …”
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Biosafety and efficacy evaluation of a biodegradable Zn-Cu-Mn stent: A long-term study in porcine coronary artery by Yi Qian, Yan Chen, Jimiao Jiang, Jia Pei, Junfei Li, Jialin Niu, Jinzhou Zhu, Guangyin Yuan

Subjects: “…Zn-Cu-Mn stent…”
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Radiographic, fluoroscopic, and endosonographic predictors of failed EUS-guided transgastric stent placement in patients with Roux-en-Y bypass anatomy by Benjamin M Moy, Hero Hussain, Jessica X Yu, Kevin D Platt, Jorge D Machicado, Richard S Kwon, Erik-Jan Wamsteker, George M Philips, Allison R Schulman

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Comparison between Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Antegrade and Transluminal Stent Implantation in Distal Malignant Biliary Obstruction after Failed ERCP by Yonghua Shen, Ying Lv, Xiaojiao Zheng, Wei Zhan, Senlin Hou, Lin Zhou, Jun Cao, Bin Zhang, Lei Wang, Hao Zhu, Lichao Zhang

“…We retrospectively evaluated the safety and efficacy between EUS-guided transluminal stenting (TLS group) and antegrade stenting (AGS group). …”
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Acute Thrombotic Occlusion of Right Coronary and Left Circumflex Coronary Arteries in a Patient with Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Successful Stent Implantation by Serdar Biceroglu, Muge Ildizli Demirbas, Mustafa Karaca, Murat Yalcin, Hasan Yilmaz

“…We successfully performed primary angioplasty and stent implantation for both of the occluded coronary arteries. …”
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Retrograde Balloon Dilation outside the Main Branch Stent to Restore the Occlusion of Side Branch in Chronic Total Occlusion Bifurcation Lesions by Gao Hao-kao, Li Cheng-xiang

“…We described a case of retrograde balloon outside the main branch stent to restore the occlusion of side branch in CTO bifurcation lesion through the jailed wire.…”
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Efficacy and Safety of Cataract Surgery Combined with Ab Interno Canaloplasty and Micro-Trabecular Bypass Stent Surgery in Open-Angle Glaucoma by Porter MS, Flowers A, Wood BP, Gallardo MJ

Subjects: “…microtrabecular bypass stent…”
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Endoscopic removal of a deteriorated fully-covered self-expandable metal stent using an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography guide sheath by Tsuyoshi Suda, Kosuke Satomura, Miyabi Miura, Kiichiro Kaji, Kuniaki Arai, Shuichi Terasaki

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Renal Parenchyma Perforation and Hematoma Formation following Double-J Stent Insertion in a Solitary Functioning Kidney: An Unusual Complication by Michael S. Nomikos, Zacharias Chousianitis, Christos Georgiou, Chrysostomos Georgellis, Panagiotis Rikas, Theodoros Anagnostou

“…Double-J ureteral stent insertion is a common urological procedure performed for the relief of ureteral obstruction or as a part of other endourological procedures. …”
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