Digestive stent placement

Digestive stent placement consists of installing, by endoscopy, a small expandable tube (stent) at a narrowing of the esophagus, stomach, duodenum, colon or bile ducts. Once deployed, the stent keeps the passage open and restores the flow of food, bowel contents or bile. This procedure, performed without any incision, rapidly improves the patient's comfort: return to eating, resolution of jaundice, relief of an obstruction. It can serve as a lasting treatment or as a step before surgery, depending on each patient's situation. At Clinique Pasteur Tunis, the placement of digestive and biliary stents is performed under anesthesia, with endoscopic and X-ray guidance, by a team trained in interventional endoscopy. A short inpatient monitoring period usually follows the procedure.