Superior vena caval obstruction managed by the Gianturco Z Stent
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P A Gaines1, A M Belli, P B Anderson
1Department of Radiology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield.
Clinical Radiology
|March 1, 1994
Abstract:
Twenty patients with superior vena caval obstruction (SVCO) due to malignancy were managed using the Gianturco Z Stent. Three patients had adjunctive thrombolysis. The primary clinical success was 90% (18/20 patients). Thirteen patients were free of SVCO to death or follow-up without re-intervention (primary patency = 65%). Three patients had re-intervention for recurrent symptoms, two successfully (secondary long-term patency = 75%). Stenting of the SVC is a valuable, under-used technique for the symptomatic relief of superior vena caval obstruction.