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TH Baron is a Consultant and is on the Speaker's Bureau for Cook Endoscopy, ConMed and Olympus. He has received grant/research support from Boston Scientific. AJ Small declared no competing interests.
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Small, A., Baron, T. How safe and effective is a nitinol self-expanding metallic stent for palliation of malignant colonic obstruction?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 5, 356–357 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep1144
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