Self-expanding metallic stents and self-expanding plastic stents in the palliation of malignant oesophageal dysphagia

Charles stent (1) would have been very proud to know that his last name has been immortalised and still frequently used in the fields of gastrointestinal endoscopy, cardiology, urology and gynaecology. What started as a dental mould then evolved into today’s sophisticated self-expanding stents