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Lumen-apposing metal stents for gastrointestinal luminal strictures: current use and future directions.
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- Concurrent stricturoplasty with lumen-apposing metal stents for gastrojejunal strictures after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided colorectal anastomosis using a lumen-apposing metal stent for complete anastomotic stricture.Endoscopy · 2026Article
- Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Gastro-Gastrostomy for Management of Pouch Outlet Obstruction Secondary to Vertical Banded Gastroplasty: Efficacy and Safety.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- Fabrication and mechanical testing of polydioxanone hook cross biodegradable self-expandable enteric stent: impact of fabrication density and mechanical properties of the stent.Clinical endoscopy · 2025Article
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- Long-term palliation of a malignant colonic anastomotic stricture using a lumen-apposing metal stent (LAMS).BMJ case reports · 2024Article
- Small bowel obstruction due to a migrated pyloric stent.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2024Article
- Lumen-apposing metal stents for the treatment of benign gastrointestinal tract strictures: a single-center experience and proposed treatment algorithm.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- Short benign ileocolonic anastomotic strictures - management with bi-flanged metal stents: Six case reports and review of literature.World journal of clinical cases · 2022Article
- Use of lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS) in the management of gastro jejunostomy stricture following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for obesity: a prospective series.BMC surgery · 2021Article
- Use of a Lumen-Apposing Metal Stent for Management of Pouch Outlet Stenosis After Vertical Banded Gastroplasty.ACG case reports journal · 2021Article
- Fatal Aortoesophageal Fistula Complicating Placement of a 20-mm Lumen-Apposing Metal Stent for Refractory Esophagojejunal Anastomotic Stricture.ACG case reports journal · 2021Article
- Feasibility and patency of echoendoscopic anastomoses with lumen apposing metal stents depending on the gastrointestinal segment involved.Scientific reports · 2021Review
- The Off-Label Use of a Lumen-Apposing Metal Stent (LAMS) for a Benign Colon Anastomotic Stricture Causing Recurrent Bowel Obstruction in a Patient with Keloids.Case reports in gastrointestinal medicine · 2021Article
- Alternative uses of lumen apposing metal stents.World journal of gastroenterology · 2020Review
- Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Gastrojejunostomy for Efferent Limb Syndrome and Benign Gastric Outlet Obstruction in a Patient with Whipple Anatomy: A Case Report.Case reports in gastroenterologyArticle
- Benign gastric outlet obstruction: evolving strategies from surgery to endoscopic ultrasound-guided gastrojejunostomy.Therapeutic advances in gastrointestinal endoscopyReview
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Abstract
The management of short-segment benign gastrointestinal (GI) strictures refractory to currently available endoscopic treatments (endoscopic balloon dilation, intralesional steroid injection, incisional therapy and fully covered self-expanding metal stents) proves to be challenging. Lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS), originally developed for access to and drainage of pancreatic fluid collections, are being used in an off-label manner for the treatment of short GI luminal strictures. The short length and wide flanges make LAMS potentially suitable for this indication and may reduce complications and improve patient tolerance. In this article we review the published literature, including 138 patients from 4 retrospective studies and 13 case reports who received a LAMS for the treatment of a short GI luminal stricture. In the reviewed literature only 2 of the 138 cases had immediate adverse events warranting hospitalization: perforation and postoperative GI bleed. A total adverse event rate of 32.5% (45 of 138 cases) was reported. Migration was the most common adverse event, accounting for 40% of the total. Nearly 58% of reported patients had symptom and stricture resolution after stent removal in the reviewed studies. Follow up varied from 28-352 days after stent removal. Although more data are needed to determine their long-term safety and efficacy, LAMS represent an important alternative to traditional endoscopic options when approaching patients with short GI luminal strictures.
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