They describe how the placement of a small metal stent in the stomach can improve life for people who suffer from severe bouts ... GI doctors use endoscopy to place transpyloric stent Date: July 3 ...

Clarke says the stent placement procedure isn't difficult. "Technically it's pretty simple, and the risk appears to be minimal; if it doesn't work, you just take it out," he says.

Clarke says the stent placement procedure isn't difficult. "Technically it's pretty simple, and the risk appears to be minimal; if it doesn't work, you just take it out," he says.

Researchers conducted a review of medical literature regarding optimal medical therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI; procedures such as balloon angioplasty or stent placement used ...

John Clarke, M.D., assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and the article's lead author, used an endoscope to place a pyloric stent in three patients ...