Esophageal stent fracture:case report and review of the literature

作     者：Harshit S Khara David L Diehl Seth A Gross 

作者机构：Department of Gastroenterology and Nutrition Geisinger Medical Center Danville PA 17822 United States Division of Gastroenterology NYU School of Medicine NYU Langone Medical Center New York NY 10028United States 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第20卷第10期

页      面：2715-2720页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Esophagus Self-expanding metal stent Stent complic 

摘      要：Endoscopic esophageal stent placement is widely used in the treatment of a variety of benign and malignant esophageal *** expanding metal stents(SEMS)are associated with significantly reduced stent related mortality and morbidity compared to plastic stents for treatment of esophageal conditions;however they have known complications of stent migration,stent occlusion,tumor ingrowth,stricture formation,reflux,bleeding and perforation amongst others.A rare and infrequently reported complication of SEMS is stent fracture and subsequent migration of the broken *** have only been a handful of published case reports describing this *** this report we describe a case of a spontaneously fractured nitinol esophageal SEMS,and review the available literature on the unusual occurrence of SEMS fracture placed for benign or malignant obstruction in the *** fracture could be a potentially dangerous event and should be considered in a patient having recurrent dysphagia despite successful placement of an esopha-geal *** usually requires endoscopic therapy and may unfortunately require surgery for retrieval of a distally migrated *** recognition and prompt management may be able to prevent further problems.