A three dimensional printed endobronchial stent for the treatment of a broncho-esophageal fistula by Illaa Smesseim, Sophia van Beelen, Jolanda M. van Dieren, Koen J. Hartemink, Johanna van Sandick, Jacobus A. Burgers

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Radiation-Induced Sarcoma following Prolonged Coronary Stent Placement by Eric J. Vick, Christopher T. Clark, James M. Lewis

“…Radiation exposure for the average coronary stent placement varies based on a number of factors but typically amounts to 6–11 mSv per patient (compared to 3 mSv background). …”
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Small bowel obstruction due to a migrated pyloric stent by Lisa Marie Knowlton, Simeng Wang, James Paul Agolia, Andrea Fisher, Jaimie L Bryan

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Stents in Renal Artery Bifurcation Stenosis: A Case Report by Polytimi Leonardou, Paris Pappas

“…The “kissing balloon” technique was then attempted by simultaneously inflating both branches using the same balloons, but more than a 70% residual stenosis persisted in each branch. Two stents were finally placed in a “kissing” way through the main renal artery. …”
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Impact of the Balloon Inflation Time and Pattern on the Coronary Stent Expansion by Jarosław Skowroński, Rafał Wolny, Jan Jastrzębski, Paweł Tyczyński, Karol Szlazak, Jerzy Pręgowski, Gary S. Mintz, Karolina Liżewska, Wojciech Świeszkowski, Zbigniew Chmielak, Adam Witkowski

“…To assess the expansion pattern of coronary stents by using different balloon inflation times and pressures. …”
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Acute Stent Thrombosis Associated with Eptifibatide-Induced Profound Thrombocytopenia by Amer Aljundi, Alaa Rahhal, Wafer Dabdoob

“…We describe a case of a 62-year-old female patient admitted with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated by primary coronary intervention (primary PCI) with a drug-eluting stent placement. She developed profound thrombocytopenia within 8 hours of first administration of eptifibatide and subsequent acute stent thrombosis next day. …”
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Clinical Outcomes of Colonic Stent in a Tertiary Care Center by Mahesh Gajendran, Chandraprakash Umapathy, John Nasr, Andres Gelrud

“…There were no immediate complications (<24 hours), but stent stenosis due to kinking occurred within one week of stent placement in 2 patients. …”
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Stent-graft implantation for late postpancreatectomy hemorrhage after pancreatoduodenectomy by Xiaoye Li, Shibo Xia, Liangxi Yuan, Lei Zhang, Chao Song, Xiaolong Wei, Qingsheng Lu

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Patient Safety Events Related to the Placement of Drug-Eluting Stents by Patient Safety Authority

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In-stent chronic coronary occlusion. Efficiency of revascularization and recanalization technique by S.M. Furkalo

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Fully Covered Metallic Stents for the Treatment of Benign Airway Stenosis by Caroline Dahlqvist, Sebahat Ocak, Maximilien Gourdin, Anne Sophie Dincq, Laurie Putz, Jean-Paul d’Odémont

“…We herein report our experience with new fully covered self-expanding metallic stents in the setting of inoperable recurrent benign tracheobronchial stenosis. …”
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Treatment of Iatrogenic Aortocoronary Arteriovenous Fistula with Coronary Covered Stent by Ender Ornek, Harun Kundi, Emrullah Kiziltunc, Mustafa Cetin

“…In order to close this iatrogenic coronary arteriovenous fistula and to supply saphenous vein flow to OM artery, we decided to implant a graft covered stent into the saphenous vein at the same session.…”
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Undilatable Stent Neoatherosclerosis Treated with Ad Hoc Rotational Atherectomy by Michael Koutouzis, Maria Agelaki, Christos Maniotis, Ioannis Tsiafoutis, Vasileios Patris, Mihalis Argyriou

“…A middle age woman with known ischemic heart disease and old stents in proximal left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) was admitted to Coronary Care Unit with acute coronary syndrome. …”
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Short-term outcome of endovascular stenting for symptomatic vertebrobasilar stenosis by Mohamed Abdel moneim Abdo Tolba, Mohammed Alaswad, Mohamed Mohamed Tawfik, Ahmed Zaki Akl, Mona Ali Eissa, Hala El-khawas, Hani Mahmoud Zaki Eldin, Mohamed Khaled Ahmed Elewa

Subjects: “…Drug eluting stent…”
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Self-Expandable Metallic Stents in Nonmalignant Large Airway Disease by Marc Fortin, Paul MacEachern, Christopher A Hergott, Alex Chee, Elaine Dumoulin, Alain Tremblay

“…Airway self-expandable metallic stents (SEMS) were initially studied in malignant airway obstruction; however, their use in benign airway diseases has become progressively more frequent. …”
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Midterm Clinical Impacts of Biodegradable Polymer Everolimus-Eluting Stents Compared with Durable Polymer Everolimus-Eluting Stents: A 3-Year Propensity-Matched Study by Hiroaki Matsuda, Ai Kagase, Takahiro Tokuda, Yusuke Ochiumi, Akira Murata, Yoriyasu Suzuki, Tatsuya Ito

“…Our aim was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of biodegradable polymer everolimus-eluting stents (BP-EES) compared with durable polymer everolimus-eluting stents (DP-EES) in midterm. …”
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Endoscopic Drainage of Giant Pancreatic Pseudocysts Using Both Lumen-Apposing Metal Stent and Plastic Stent: A Report of Two Cases and Review of the Current Literature by Hussam I. A. Alzeerelhouseini, Muawiyah Elqadi, Mohammad N. Elqadi, Sadi A. Abukhalaf, Hazem A. Ashhab

“…Both were resolved following endoscopic cystogastrostomy using metallic and double-pigtail stents with excellent outcomes. There was no history of recurrence or complications on follow-up. …”
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Catlet scoring system as a new predictor for in-stent restenosis in patients with chronic coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stent by Juan Wang, Mingchao Zhang, Weipeng Gan, Mingxing Xu, JiaYan Zhou, Lingfei Yang, Yongsheng Ke

Subjects: “…In-stent restenosis…”
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Improved Outcomes of Combined Main Branch Stenting and Side Branch Drug-Coated Balloon versus Two-Stent Strategy in Patients with Left Main Bifurcation Lesions by Hengdao Liu, Hailong Tao, Xufei Han, Yang Lu, Xiaofei Xue, Ruihan Feng, Fenghua Lv, Yanwei Liu, Hongrui Jin, Lianjie Li, Heping Gu

“…They received either a two-stent strategy or a main branch (MB) stenting plus side branch (SB) DCB strategy and were accordingly divided into the 2-DES group and the DES + DCB group. …”
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Use of metallic ureteric stents for chronic ureteric obstruction and its association with value-based care by Yu Xi Terence Law, Ang Zhou, David Terrence Consigliere, Benjamin Yen Seow Goh, Ho Yee Tiong

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