New stent design could improve treatment of gastric leaks

New stent design could improve treatment of gastric leaks

Each year, about 250,000 Americans undergo sleeve gastrectomy, one of the most common weight-loss operations in the United States. For most patients, recovery is uneventful.

NYU Abu Dhabi and Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Develop Novel Stent Design

Researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi and Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi have developed a novel stent design that could significantly improve treatment for gastric leaks in some patients following weight-loss surgery, helping accelerate recovery, enable a faster return to daily life, and reduce the need for certain additional treatment procedures that these cases may require. In the study, published in Advanced Healthcare Materials, the team introduced the…

NYU Abu Dhabi and Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi develop flower-shaped stent that improves drainage after weight-loss surgery

The flower-shaped “Lily” stent improves fluid drainage by around 30 percent compared with standard devices used to treat gastric leaks, based on laboratory testing

Researchers develop the Lily stent to treat gastric ulcers

Researchers at New York University Tandon School of Engineering have developed a new stent to treat gastric leaks. Their prototype, called the Lily stent, is the first product of a design framework the researchers named Personalized Endoscopic Transmural Abscess Leak Solution (PETALS), a mathematical approach to optimizing drain shape for complex biological fluids that the team says could be applied beyond gastric leaks to other drainage challen…

A 3-D Printed Stent, Shaped Like a Lily, Could Speed Recovery After Weight-Loss Surgery

NYU researchers developed the "Lily stent," a redesigned drain for gastric leaks after sleeve gastrectomy surgery. Unlike standard bile duct stents, its shape is optimized for stomach cavities, reducing slippage and repeat procedures.