4 16 weeks after stenting, due to tumor overgrowth. The primary tumor was squamous cell carcinoma in six patients (five of the middle and one of the lower esophagus) and adenocarcinoma of lower ...

An uncommon complication of stenting is a usually mild and self-limiting hemorrhage. Perforation of the esophagus as a procedural complication is very rare. [33] Neither of these complications ...

The gold standard for treating inoperable esophageal cancer patients is a surgically implanted metal mesh stent, which causes a number of complications such as bleeding, chest pain, perforation, and ...

Former Uruguayan President José Pepe Mujica was discharged Sunday from a Montevideo Casmu sanatorium after undergoing a surgical procedure Friday during which a stent was placed in his esophagus ...