With rapid advances in modern imaging, minimally invasive ablative procedures have
emerged as popular alternatives to surgical removal of tumors. Tumor ablation modalities …

Phototherapy has recently emerged as a promising solution for cancer treatment due to its
multifunctionality and minimal invasiveness. Notwithstanding the limited penetration depth of …

Biliary strictures are characterized by the narrowing of the bile duct lumen, usually caused
by surgical biliary injury, cancer, inflammation, and scarring from gallstones. Endoscopic …

Anti-inflammatory and antihyperplasia activities are essential requirements for the
successful use of airway stents. In this work, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and cisplatin …

With one of the highest mortality rates of all malignancies, the 5-year survival rate for
esophageal cancer is under 20%. Depending on the stage and extent of the disease, the …

Recent therapeutic strategies to suppress restenosis after biliary stent placement are
insufficient. Here, we demonstrate the usefulness of a self-expandable metal stent (SEMS), a …

The application of irreversible electroporation (IRE) to endoluminal organs is being
investigated; however, the current preclinical evidence and optimized electrodes are …

Background To observe the occurrence of related complications after self-expandable
metallic (SEM) airway stents implantation with different diameters at different time points …

Loading and eluting drugs on self‐expandable metallic stents (SEMSs) can be challenging
in terms of fabrication, mechanical stability, and therapeutic effects. In this study, a flexible …

An intragastric satiety-inducing device (ISD) located in the stomach induce satiety and
fullness in the absence of food by continuously pressing on the distal esophagus and cardia …