Lumen-apposing metal stents for benign gastrointestinal tract strictures: An international multicenter experience
Javier Santos-Fernandez, Christopher Paiji, Mohammad Shakhatreh, Irene Becerro-Gonzalez, Ramon Sanchez-Ocana, Paul Yeaton, Jason Samarasena, Manuel Perez-Miranda
Javier Santos-Fernandez, Irene Becerro-Gonzalez, Ramon Sanchez-Ocana, Manuel Perez-Miranda, Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega, Valladolid 47012, Spain
Christopher Paiji, Jason Samarasena, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of California - Irvine, Orange, CA 92697, United States
Mohammad Shakhatreh, Paul Yeaton, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute, Roanoke, VI 24016, United States
Author contributions: Santos-Fernandez J, Shakhatreh M, Yeaton P, Samarasena J and Perez-Miranda M contributed to study conception and design; Santos-Fernandez J, Paiji C, Shakhatreh M, Becerro-Gonzalez I, Sanchez-Ocana R, Yeaton P, Samarasena J and Perez-Miranda M contributed to data acquisition, data analysis and interpretation, and writing of article; Santos-Fernandez J, Paiji C, Shakhatreh M, Samarasena J and Perez-Miranda M contributed to editing, reviewing and final approval of article.
Institutional review board statement: The study was approved by Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Santos-Fernandez J, Paiji C, Shakhatreh M, Becerro-Gonzalez I, Sanchez-Ocana R, Yeaton P, Samarasena J and Perez-Miranda M report no conflicts-of-interest.
Data sharing statement: There is no additional data available at this time. Please contact corresponding author at mperezmiranda@saludcastillayleon.es for additional information.
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Correspondence to: Manuel Perez-Miranda, MD, PhD, Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega, Calle Antonio Lorenzo Hurtado 2, Valladolid 47012, Spain.
mperezmiranda@saludcastillayleon.es
Telephone: +34-98-3420400-85701
Received: May 12, 2017
Peer-review started: May 17, 2017
First decision: June 16, 2017
Revised: August 28, 2017
Accepted: September 14, 2017
Article in press: September 15, 2017
Published online: December 16, 2017
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