Complications include pulmonary aspiration, bleeding, perforation, risks of sedation and chest pain 15; the last of these being more common in patients with eosinophilic oesophagitis. 16 17 A UK ...

Oesophageal perforation and life threatening haemorrhage occur in <1% and 4% of patients, respectively, following metal stent insertion. Procedural morbidity and mortality was significantly lower than ...