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Case Reports
. 2004 Feb;18(2):347.
doi: 10.1007/s00464-003-4248-3.

A rare life-threatening complication of migrated nitinol self-expanding metallic stent (Ultraflex)

H S S Ho  1 , H S Ong
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Case Reports

A rare life-threatening complication of migrated nitinol self-expanding metallic stent (Ultraflex)

H S S Ho et al. Surg Endosc. 2004 Feb.

Abstract

The use of self-expanding metallic stents (SEMS) as esophageal endoprosthesis represents an advancement in the palliation of dysphagia from unresectable esophageal carcinoma. However, the problem of stent migration persists. Although most migrated stents have a benign outcome, complications do occur. Rare reports of intestinal obstruction have been confined to the stiff plastic and stainless-steel stents. We report the first case of intestinal obstruction secondary to the pliable Nitinol SEMS (Ultraflex) migration.

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