ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract2018
Pilot Study of Dumbbell-Type Covered Self-Expandable Metal Stent Deployment for Benign Pancreatic Duct Stricture (with Videos).
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- Current status and future perspectives for endoscopic treatment of local complications in chronic pancreatitis.Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society · 2025Review
- Role of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in pancreatitis.Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Biliary and pancreatic stents.iGIE : innovation, investigation and insights · 2023Article
- Covered self-expandable metal stents for pancreatic duct stricture: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Endoscopy international open · 2022Review
- Safety and Efficacy of a Large-Bore Biliary Metallic Stent for Malignant Biliary Obstruction.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Turkish Gastroenterology Association, Pancreas Study Group, Chronic Pancreatitis Committee Consensus Report.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2020Article
- Efficacy and safety of a fully covered self-expandable metallic stent equipped with square flare in EUS-guided drainage/anastomosis: A multicenter retrospective study.Endoscopic ultrasoundArticle
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Abstract
backgroundFully-covered, self-expandable metal stents (FCSEMS) have been deployed to treat symptomatic chronic pancreatitis (CP) complicated with main pancreatic duct (MPD) stricture. Although this strategy can be effective, it has the disadvantages of stent migration or stent-induced ductal change. Removal of an FCSEMS can also be challenging in the face of distal migration because of MPD stricture. Dumbbell-type FCSEMS have been developed to prevent stent-induced ductal changes and improve removability when treating benign biliary stricture. This stent might also confer clinical benefits upon patients with MPD stricture.
aimsThe present pilot study aimed to determine the feasibility and safety of deploying dumbbell-type FCSEMS in patients with CP complicated by MPD stricture.
methodStents were deployed in 22 patients with MPD stricture caused by CP and complicated by abdominal pain.
resultsStrictures were located at the head (n = 19), body (n = 2), and head and tail (n = 1) of the MPD. Stents were deployed above the papilla in three patients. All stents were deployed for a median duration of 142 (range, 49-190) days and removed. The resolution of MPD strictures was confirmed by pancreatography in 19 (86.3%) patients. Two metal stents that spontaneously tore during removal from two patients had otherwise functioned normally. Only three patients developed recurrent MPD stricture during a median follow-up of 419 (range, 261-484) days..
conclusionsDeployment of a dumbbell-type FCSEMS seems feasible for MPD stricture, and the rate of adverse events is acceptable.
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