Stents are used in maintaining the lumen of hollow vessels, organs, and ducts. Today, self-expandable metal stents for gastroenterology, colonic malignant obstruction, and esophageal problems are available for application in the alimentary tract. Stents help to open up the passage for bodily fluids and other things such as food or to hold the channels open during surgery. The material used for preparing stents is artificially engineered for in-body placement that rarely causes serious health issues in patients. But, there is always a risk of infection or blood loss/clot associated with the introduction of the foreign body. Also, the chances of stents migrating or slipping out of their desired position may cause risk to patients. However, in such cases, the stents are normally replaced and revised. Few stents that are mostly used to open the inside channels of heart that is affected with enteral diseases. These stents are also used by gastrointestinal physicians during cancer treatment.

PART 01: Executive summary

Highlights

PART 02: Scope of the report

Market overview

Top-vendor offerings

PART 03: Market research methodology

Research methodology

Economic indicators

PART 04: Introduction

Key market highlights

PART 05: Gastrointestinal stents: An overview

Background

Definition

PART 06: Market landscape

Market overview

Market size and forecast

Five forces analysis

PART 07: Market segmentation by product

Global biliary and pancreatic stents market

Global esophageal stents market

Global duodenal stents market

Global colonic stents market

PART 08: Market segmentation by end-user

Hospitals

Ambulatory surgical centers

PART 09: Geographical segmentation

Gastrointestinal stents market in Americas

Gastrointestinal stents market in EMEA

Gastrointestinal stents market in APAC

PART 10: Key leading countries

United States

Germany

Japan

PART 11: Market drivers

Increasing incidence of gastrointestinal disorders

Growing preference for MI procedures

Availability of new options for stent placement

PART 12: Impact of drivers

PART 13: Market challenges

Complications associated with gastrointestinal stents

Intense competition among leading and emerging

vendors

Stringent regulation for approval of devices

PART 14: Impact of drivers and challenges

PART 15: Market trends

Advances in technology

Emergence of bioabsorbable gastrointestinal stents

Growing demand for nitinol material based

gastrointestinal stents

PART 16: Buying criteria

PART 17: Vendor landscape

Competitive scenario

Investment opportunity analysis

PART 18: Key vendor analysis

BD

Boston Scientific

ELLA-CS

Cook Medical

Medtronic

TaeWoong Medical

Other prominent vendors

PART 19: Appendix

List of abbreviations

PART 20: Explore Technavio