Mangiavillano B, Pagano N, Arena M, Miraglia S, Consolo P, Iabichino G, Virgilio C, Luigiano C. Role of stenting in gastrointestinal benign and malignant diseases. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2015; 7(5): 460-480 [PMID: 25992186 DOI: 10.4253/wjge.v7.i5.460]
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Benedetto Mangiavillano, MD, Unit of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, General Hospital of Sanremo, Via G. Borea 56, 18038 Sanremo, Italy. b_mangiavillano@hotmail.com
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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World J Gastrointest Endosc. May 16, 2015; 7(5): 460-480 Published online May 16, 2015. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v7.i5.460
Role of stenting in gastrointestinal benign and malignant diseases
Benedetto Mangiavillano, Nico Pagano, Monica Arena, Stefania Miraglia, Pierluigi Consolo, Giuseppe Iabichino, Clara Virgilio, Carmelo Luigiano
Benedetto Mangiavillano, Unit of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, General Hospital of Sanremo, 18038 Sanremo, Italy
Nico Pagano, Unit of Gastroenterology, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, 40138 Bologna, Italy
Monica Arena, Unit of Digestive Endoscopy, San Paolo Hospital, 20142 Milan, Italy
Stefania Miraglia, Clara Virgilio, Carmelo Luigiano, Unit of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, ARNAS Garibaldi, 95122 Catania, Italy
Pierluigi Consolo, Endoscopy Unit, University Hospital “G. Martino”, 98125 Messina, Italy
Giuseppe Iabichino, School of Gastroenterology, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy
Author contributions: Mangiavillano B and Luigiano C designed research, wrote the text, edited and finalized the text; Pagano N, Arena M, Miraglia S, Consolo P and Iabichino G performed literature search and analyzed the data; Virgilio C reviewed the paper for important intellectual content.
Conflict-of-interest: None.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Benedetto Mangiavillano, MD, Unit of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, General Hospital of Sanremo, Via G. Borea 56, 18038 Sanremo, Italy. b_mangiavillano@hotmail.com
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Received: October 18, 2014 Peer-review started: October 21, 2014 First decision: November 27, 2014 Revised: January 8, 2015 Accepted: January 30, 2015 Article in press: February 2, 2015 Published online: May 16, 2015 Processing time: 211 Days and 19.5 Hours
Abstract
Advances in stents design have led to a substantial increase in the use of stents for a variety of digestive diseases. Initially developed as a non-surgical treatment for palliation of esophageal cancer, the stents now have an emerging role in the management of malignant and benign conditions as well as in all segments of the gastrointestinal tract. In this review, relevant literature search and expert opinions have been used to evaluate the key-role of stenting in gastrointestinal benign and malignant diseases.
Core tip: Endoscopic stenting plays an indispensable role in the treatment of benign and malignant digestive strictures and leaks. In this review, we summarize data from randomized clinical trials or prospective studies together with meta-analytical data, when applicable; to present the most updated recommendations in stenting of gastrointestinal diseases.
