Section I: History of GI Tract Stenting 1. History of GI Stenting: Rigid Prostheses in the Esophagus Shayan Irani and Richard Kozarek 2. History of Bile Duct Stenting: Rigid Prostheses Joseph W. Leung Section II: History of SEMS/SEPS Development and Current Design 3. History of Self-Expandable Metal and Self-Expandable Plastic Stent Development Ho-Young Song, Jin Hyoung Kim, Chang Jin Yoon 4. Current Designs of Self-Expanding Stents Hans-Ulrich Laasch, MD Section III: Overview of Available Prostheses 5. Esophageal Prostheses Massimo Conio and Antonella De Ceglie 6. Biliary Self-Expandable Metal Stents Mohan Ramchandani, D. Nageshwar Reddy 7. Enteric Prostheses Chan Gyoo Kim and Il Ju Choi 8. Colonic Prostheses Tae Il Kim Section IV: Indications and Placement Techniques 9. Esophageal Stents: Indications and Placement Techniques Andrew S. Ross and Richard A. Kozarek 10. Biliary and Pancreatic Stents: Indications and Placement Techniques Wesley Leung, Mariano Gonzalez-Haba Ruiz, and Irving Waxman 11. Enteric Stents: Indications and Placement Techniques Todd H. Baron 12. Colonic Self-Expandable Metal Stents: Indications and Placement Techniques Jesús García-Cano MD, PhD Section V: Results to Include Complications 13. Esophageal Stents: Malignancy Peter D. Siersema 14. Esophageal Stents: Benign Todd H. Baron, and Richard A. Kozarek 15. Self-Expanding Metallic Stents for Malignant Hilar Biliary Obstruction Mustafa A. Tiewala and Martin L. Freeman 16. Biliary Malignancy: Distal Dong Ki Lee 17. Benign Biliary Diseases John T. Cunningham 18. Enteral Stents Maarten W. van den Berg and Jeanin E. van Hooft 19. Colonic Stents Alessandro Repici and Daniel de Paula Pessoa Ferreira Section VI: Future20. Self-Expandable Metal Stents: Transluminal Stents Kenneth F. Binmoeller