Gastrointestinal stents

Last revised by Daniel J Bell on 5 May 2022

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Citation:

Bell D, Gastrointestinal stents. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 18 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-99573

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-99573

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/99573

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99573

Article created:

5 May 2022, Daniel J Bell ◉

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At the time the article was created Daniel J Bell had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Last revised:

5 May 2022, Daniel J Bell ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Daniel J Bell had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

View Daniel J Bell's current disclosures

Revisions:

1 time, by 1 contributor - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Gastrointestinal, Interventional

Sections:

Interventional Radiology

Synonyms:

GI stents
GI stent

Gastrointestinal (GI) stents are increasingly used to treat obstruction of the GI tract, most commonly due to malignancy.

Types of stent

History and etymology

Somewhat surprisingly the word 'stent' is actually an eponym, originally named after Charles Stent (1807-1885), a largely-forgotten British dentist. He invented an improved material for forming dental impressions, and set up a company to manufacture it ^3,4. During the Great War, J F Esser, a Dutch surgeon used a mold of Stent's Compound as a fixative for skin grafting in injured infantrymen. This innovative use, was rapidly adopted into practice, and stenting as a concept rapidly segued into multiple specialties ⁴.