Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A: More than 33,000 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the United States every year. Only 15% to 20% ...

Introduction: Endoscopic stenting is a commonly applied method of treatment in patients with malignant biliary strictures. It involves the use of self-expandable metal stents (SEMSs) or plastic stents ...

Detailed results of the multinational scientific study conducted by Massachusetts-based medical equipment manufacturer Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) has been recently published in the August ...

Expandable metal stents have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of gastrointestinal obstruction due to cancer. Although they have not been approved for use in benign ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has announced the top six leading vendors in their recent global biliary stents market report. This research report also lists 15 other prominent vendors that are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Endoscopic sphincterotomy performed before endoscopic biliary stenting may prevent post-endoscopic retrograde ...

Malignant biliary obstruction can be due to direct tumor infiltration, extrinsic compression, adjacent inflammation, desmoplastic reaction from tumors or, more commonly, a combination of the above ...

Does age count in pancreatic resection? An Irish experience. Background: The head of the pancreas is a common location for primary pancreatic tumour and therefore obstructive jaundice is a common ...

Introduction: Endoscopic plastic biliary stenting has been used for more than 30 years as a temporary or definitive treatment of benign and malignant neoplasms. These stents are commonly available, ...

EATONTOWN, NJ - (Business Wire) - Flexible Stenting Solutions, Inc. (FSS), a leading developer of next generation peripheral arterial, venous, neurovascular and biliary stents, announced today that it ...

Sixty-three stents comprising 59 biliary and 4 pancreatic stents from 40 patients being treated at two different hospitals in Lower Saxony, Germany were obtained. The Surgery Clinic of Braunschweig ...