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Ltd.</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.26689/jcnr.v9i5.10686</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title>Clinical Advances in Esophageal Anti-reflux Stents</title><url>https://artdesignp.com/journal/JCNR/9/5/10.26689/jcnr.v9i5.10686</url><author>DangYongqi,LiuFende,YanAiai,XuCaifeng,YangXu,CaiYu</author><pub-date pub-type="publication-year"><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>9</volume><issue>5</issue><history><date date-type="pub"><published-time>2025-06-03</published-time></date></history><abstract>As an emerging treatment,&amp;nbsp; esophageal anti-reflux stent has gradually become the palliative treatment of choice for many digestive diseases due to its features of low trauma,&amp;nbsp; high safety, and conformity to the physiological and anatomical structure of the esophagus. 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