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Self-expandable metal stents (SEMS) have been mostly reserved for palliation of dysphagia because of advanced esophageal cancer. Fully covered SEMS (FCSEMS) (ALIMAXX-E, Alveolus Inc, Charlotte, NC, USA) offer the choice of removability if complications occur or maximum therapeutic benefit is achieved. To our knowledge, their use has not been studied in patients undergoing neoadjuvant therapy.
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Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the University of Alabama in Birmingham, 1530 3rd Ave. S., Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA.
Objectives: Internally fully covered self-expandable metal stents (FCSEMSs) have recently become available offering the possibility of removal. However, to our knowledge, the feasibility, techniques for endoscopic removal, and tissue reaction to FCSEMS have not been reported in humans. Our aims are (1) to report reasons for and success of FCSEMS removal in consecutive patients, (2) to describe methods of esophageal stent retrieval, and (3) to describe stent reactions induced by FCSEMS in humans.
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