Amazing Stent Usage In Coronary Angioplasty And Other Procedures

5. Esophageal Stent

Esophageal cancers affecting the throat can make it hard for the affected person to swallow. Esophageal stents are flexible, mesh tubes measuring three-quarter of an inch wide that are placed in the throat of patients with esophageal cancer to prop the throat open and allow for easier swallowing. Esophageal stents are also used to treat fistulas, perforations, leaks and strictures of the esophagus. One study indicated that thirty-two percent of patients reported complications such as prolonged chest pain, stent migration, and bleeding.

4. Brain Stents

Brain aneurysms occur when there is a weak or bulging area located in an artery wall of a blood vessel supplying blood flow to the brain. Most of the time, no symptoms are present. During rare cases, the brain aneurysm ruptures and floods the skull with blood, causing a stroke. Brain stents are used in the blood vessels of people with a high risk of a brain aneurysm to strength blood vessels and support blood and oxygen flow to the brain.