We performed intraoperative stenting of congenital pulmonary venous stenoses in two infants with initial clinical and hemodynamic improvement.
The proportion of patients unfit for surgery who undergo stenting to relieve obstruction.
There has been no prospective study comparing outcomes for surgery or stenting.
We do not think it should be recommended for children at this stage as thrombosis following stenting has not yet been recorded.
In our view, stenting was the best way to treat the serious protein-losing enteropathy.
A recent retrospective review compared the outcomes of open or laparoscopic gastrojejunostomy versus endoscopic stenting for malignant gastric outlet obstruction.
Both discs are separated by a stenting cylindrical portion.
In the past, ureteral stenting has been used more frequently.
