Liu XQ, Zhou M, Shi WX, Qi YY, Liu H, Li B, Xu HW. Successful endoscopic removal of three embedded esophageal self-expanding metal stents. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2017; 9(9): 494-498 [PMID: 28979715 DOI: 10.4253/wjge.v9.i9.494]
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Hong-Wei Xu, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, 324, Jing 5 Rd, Jinan 250021, Shandong Province, China. xu_hong_wei@sina.com
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Sep 16, 2017; 9(9): 494-498 Published online Sep 16, 2017. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v9.i9.494
Successful endoscopic removal of three embedded esophageal self-expanding metal stents
Xiao-Qin Liu, Min Zhou, Wen-Xin Shi, Yi-Ying Qi, Hui Liu, Bin Li, Hong-Wei Xu
Xiao-Qin Liu, Min Zhou, Wen-Xin Shi, Yi-Ying Qi, Hui Liu, Bin Li, Hong-Wei Xu, Department of Gastroenterology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021, Shandong Province, China
Author contributions: Liu XQ, Li B and Xu HW designed and performed the operation and wrote the manuscript; Zhou M, Shi WX, Qi YY and Liu H collected the data and revised the manuscript.
Supported by Shandong Provincial Science and Technology Committee of China, No. 2014GGH218034.
Institutional review board statement: The research hcrcby is approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University.
Informed consent statement: The participants provide written informed consent to participate in this research.
Conflict-of-interest statement: No conflict of interest exits in the submission of this manuscript, and manuscript is approved by all authors for publication.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Hong-Wei Xu, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, 324, Jing 5 Rd, Jinan 250021, Shandong Province, China. xu_hong_wei@sina.com
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Received: February 9, 2017 Peer-review started: February 14, 2017 First decision: May 17, 2017 Revised: July 1, 2017 Accepted: July 21, 2017 Article in press: July 24, 2017 Published online: September 16, 2017 Processing time: 213 Days and 9 Hours
Abstract
In the report, we describe a case of refractory benign esophageal strictures from esophageal cancer after an operation for the placement of three partially covered self-expanding metal stents (SEMSs), which were all embedded in the esophageal wall. Using the stent-in-stent technique, the three embedded SEMSs were successfully removed without significant complications. To the best of our knowledge, few cases of the successful removal of multiple embedded esophageal SEMSs have been reported in the literature. This case also highlights that the stent-in-stent technique is effective for removing multiple embedded esophageal SEMSs.
Core tip: Stent embedding is a common complication that precludes the safe removal of stents. The article reports a case of benign esophageal strictures with three stents embedded and remained in place for over a year. We successfully removed the three embedded stents by using the stent-in-stent technique. The stent-in-stent technique is effective for the removal of multiple stents that are embedded in the esophageal wall.
