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Stent placement for esophageal strictures: an update.

Abstract
The use of stents for esophageal strictures has evolved rapidly over the past 10 years, from rigid plastic tubes to flexible self-expanding metal (SEMS), plastic (SEPS) and biodegradable stents. For the palliative treatment of malignant dysphagia both SEMS and SEPS effectively provide a rapid relief of dysphagia. SEMS are preferred over SEPS, as randomized controlled trials have shown more technical difficulties and late migration with plastic stents. Despite specific characteristics of recently developed stents, recurrent dysphagia due to food impaction, tumoral and nontumoral tissue overgrowth, or stent migration, remain a major challenge. The efficacy of stents with an antireflux valve for patients with distal esophageal cancer varies between different stent designs. Concurrent treatment with chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy seems to be safe and effective. In the future, it can be expected that removable stents will be used as a bridge to surgery to maintain luminal patency during neoadjuvant treatment. For benign strictures, new stent designs, such as fully covered SEMS and biodegradable stents, may potentially reduce complications during stent removal.
AuthorsMeike Madeleine Catharine Hirdes, Frank Paul Vleggaar, Peter Derk Siersema
JournalExpert review of medical devices (Expert Rev Med Devices) Vol. 8 Issue 6 Pg. 733-55 (Nov 2011) ISSN: 1745-2422 [Electronic] England
PMID22029470 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
Topics
  • Deglutition Disorders (surgery)
  • Esophageal Stenosis (surgery)
  • Humans
  • Stents (classification)

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