Upper gastrointestinal (GI) stents are devices used to maintain bowel luminal patency, thereby increasing nutrition intake and improving quality of life.  Upper GI stents have mainly been developed to alleviate malignant obstructions caused by esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, periampullary cancer, or other malignancies that directly invade the upper GI tract.  Disadvantages of GI stents are recurrent obstruction and stent-related complications. In the last decade, studies in this area have focused mostly on modifying stent design to improve efficacy and safety. In addition, indications for upper GI stents have widened to include benign diseases, such as benign stricture and perforation.





















Colonic – Colonic Stenting for colon cancer to relieve obstruction

Esophageal – Esophageal Stenting for Esophogeal Cancer (10 months post)

Malignant duodenal obstruction is a common event in patients with advanced biliary tract cancer. Because bypass
surgery is accompanied by significant morbidity, self-expandable metallic stents have emerged as a possible
alternative for palliation. Self-expandable metallic stents are a safe, efficacious and minimally invasive treatment
option for palliation of patients with duodenal obstruction from biliary tract cancer.



























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