Onkológia 2/2007
USE OF GASTROINTESTINAL STENTS IN PALIATION
Stent or endoprosthesis is a tube, which is inserted into a natural conduit of the body to prevent or counteract a disease-induced localized flow constriction. Stents are used like a standard therapy in angiology, cardiosurgery, urology, pneumology and gastroenterology. In gastroenterology are used mostly in palliation.
Keywords: stent, endoprostestis, stenosis, TIPS.
