Preliminary experience of the use of self-expanding nititol stent in refractory variceal bleeding: a real-world study.
María Desirée García GarcíaTeresa Valdés DelgadoPaula Fernández-ÁlvarezCarmen Lara RomeroLourdes Grande SantamaríaMaria Cinta Núñez SousaJesús García de la Borbolla SerresManuel Rodríguez-TéllezPublished in: Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas (2023)
In our experience, SEMS was highly effective in controlling acute refractory variceal bleeding. Bleeding-related mortality rate was probably due to impossibility of TIPS implantation. Stent loop was a common limiting factor.