Extrabiliary applications of fully covered antimigration biliary metal stents.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Endoscopic stent placement in luminal GI strictures is not always feasible with traditional stents. For example, standard luminal stent delivery catheters may not successfully traverse severe strictures, and enteral stents may not be suitable for sites in the GI tract that pose significant adverse events if downstream migration were to occur. We demonstrate extrabiliary applications of specialized, fully covered antimigration biliary metal stents.

Methods

This is a retrospective series of 4 patients with different benign and malignant luminal GI strictures who underwent placement of fully covered antimigration biliary metal stents in different configurations as a bridge or destination therapy.

Results

Luminal obstruction resolved without adverse ev

SUBMITTER: Bazerbachi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7483763 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature