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SUBMITTER: Ferreira R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4766255 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ferreira Rosa R Loureiro Rui R Nunes Nuno N Santos António Alberto AA Maio Rui R Cravo Marília M Duarte Maria Antónia MA
World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy 20160201 4
Benign biliary strictures comprise a heterogeneous group of diseases. The most common strictures amenable to endoscopic treatment are post-cholecystectomy, post-liver transplantation, related to primary sclerosing cholangitis and to chronic pancreatitis. Endoscopic treatment of benign biliary strictures is widely used as first line therapy, since it is effective, safe, noninvasive and repeatable. Endoscopic techniques currently used are dilation, multiple plastic stents insertion and fully cover ...[more]