Gastrointestinal stent

Gastrointestinal Stentis actually a type of digestive stent.

Gastrointestinal stents include esophageal stents, cardia stents, pyloric stents, duodenal stents,Biliary Stents, and colon stents. Therefore, gastrointestinal stents are only one type of gastrointestinal stent, which uses metal stents as support therapy in the intestinal cavity. For example, it is used to treat malignant obstructive diseases of the gastric antrum, duodenum, and colon. For example, a mesh stent is placed in the narrow area of the intestine or gastric antrum to open the intestine and pylorus, restore the patency of the narrow or obstructed area, and make the patient's eating or bowel movements unobstructed again. It can be used as a permanent or temporary treatment for colorectal cancer and malignant obstruction. In addition, it can avoid preoperative fistula for some patients who need surgery in the later stage, create conditions for some elective surgeries in surgery, improve patients' quality of life, avoid the pain of secondary or even tertiary surgeries, and avoid some emergency surgeries.