Luminal-Apposing Stents for Benign Intraluminal Strictures: A Large United States Multicenter Study of Clinical Outcomes
Abstract
Background: The use of fully covered lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS) for benign short gastrointestinal (GI) strictures has been reported. This study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of LAMS for refractory GI strictures.
Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed of patients who underwent LAMS placement for benign GI strictures in 8 United States centers. The primary outcomes were technical success and initial clinical response. Secondary outcomes were reintervention rate and adverse events.
Results: A total of 51 patients underwent 61 LAMS placement procedures; 33 (64.7%) had failed previous treatments. The most common stricture location was the pylorus (n=17 patients). Various sizes of stents were used, with 15-mm LAMS placed in 45 procedures, 20-mm LAMS in 14 procedures, and 10-mm LAMS in 2 procedures. The overall technical success, short-term clinical response and reintervention rate after stent removal were 100%, 91.8% and 31.1%, respectively. Adverse events were reported in 17 (27.9%) procedures, with stent migration being the most common (13.1%). In subgroup analysis, both 15 mm and 20 mm stents had comparable short-term clinical response and adverse event rates. However, stent migration (15.6%) was the most common adverse event with 15-mm LAMS while pain (14.3%) was the most common with 20-mm LAMS. The reintervention rate was 80% at 200-day follow up after stent removal.
Conclusions: Using LAMS for treatment of short benign GI strictures is safe and effective. Larger LAMS, such as the new 20 mm in diameter, may have a lower stent migration rate compared to smaller diameter LAMS.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2-2020
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.20524/aog.2020.0538
Repository Citation
Mizrahi, Meir; Fahmawi, Yazan; Merritt, Lindsey; Kumar, Manoj; Tharian, Benjamin; Khan, Salman Ali; Inamdar, Sumant; Sharma, Neil; Uppal, Dushant; Shami, Vanessa M.; Kashif, Mahmood Syed; Gabr, Moamen; Pleskow, Douglas; Berzin, Tyler M.; James, Ted W.; Croglio, Michael; Baron, Todd H.; and Adler, Douglas G., "Luminal-Apposing Stents for Benign Intraluminal Strictures: A Large United States Multicenter Study of Clinical Outcomes" (2020). Internal Medicine Faculty Publications. 229.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/internalmedicine_facpub/229
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Annals of Gastroenterology, v. 33, no. 6.
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