Gastrointestinal stenting: Current status and imaging features

B Malgras; R Lo Dico; K Pautrat; A Dohan; M Boudiaf; M Pocard; P Soyer

doi:10.1016/j.diii.2015.04.001

Gastrointestinal stenting: Current status and imaging features

Diagn Interv Imaging. 2015 Jun;96(6):593-606. doi: 10.1016/j.diii.2015.04.001. Epub 2015 May 4.

Authors

B Malgras¹, R Lo Dico², K Pautrat², A Dohan³, M Boudiaf⁴, M Pocard⁵, P Soyer³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgical Oncology, hôpital Lariboisière, AP-HP, 2, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75475 Paris cedex 10, France. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Surgical Oncology, hôpital Lariboisière, AP-HP, 2, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75475 Paris cedex 10, France.
³ Department of Abdominal and Interventional Imaging, hôpital Lariboisière, AP-HP, 2, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75475 Paris cedex 10, France; Sorbonne Paris Cité, université Diderot - Paris 7, 10, avenue de Verdun, 75010 Paris, France; UMR Inserm 965, hôpital Lariboisière, 2, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75010 Paris, France.
⁴ Department of Abdominal and Interventional Imaging, hôpital Lariboisière, AP-HP, 2, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75475 Paris cedex 10, France.
⁵ Department of Surgical Oncology, hôpital Lariboisière, AP-HP, 2, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75475 Paris cedex 10, France; Sorbonne Paris Cité, université Diderot - Paris 7, 10, avenue de Verdun, 75010 Paris, France; UMR Inserm 965, hôpital Lariboisière, 2, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75010 Paris, France.

PMID: 25953525
DOI: 10.1016/j.diii.2015.04.001

Abstract

The use of stents in the gastrointestinal tract has been subjected to major changes. Initially, the use of stents was restricted to malignant strictures in patients with metastatic disease. But thanks to reduction of the morbidity and mortality rates, they are now used with curative intention and in patients with benign diseases after careful selection. However, for patients presenting with colon obstruction due to an advanced colon carcinoma, the mortality and morbidity are still high. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of indications, techniques and further developments of the stents in the gastrointestinal tract and to highlight the predominant role of multidetector row computed tomography (MDCT) in the detection of potential complications.

Keywords: Gastrointestinal intervention; Iatrogenic complications; Stents.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Gastrointestinal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Gastrointestinal Diseases / surgery*
Humans
Multidetector Computed Tomography
Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
Postoperative Complications / etiology
Stents*