ReviewAnnals of gastroenterology
The perfect biliary plastic stent: the search goes on.
Review in Annals of gastroenterology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed.
- A Novel Biliary Plastic Stent With a Centrally Located Flap: Initial Clinical Experience in Three Cases.DEN open · 2027Article
- Clinical Outcomes of Retained Plastic Biliary Stents: A Targeted Narrative Review.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2026Review
- Risk Factors for Early Cholangitis Following Biliary Plastic Stent Placement.Endoscopy international open · 2026Article
- Penetration of the common bile duct into the duodenum by a half-pigtail plastic stent: a rare complication of biliary stenting.Endoscopy · 2025Article
- Pyogenic liver abscess following biliary stent placement in pancreatic cancer patients: a retrospective case series.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- Biliary stents for active materials and surface modification: Recent advances and future perspectives.Bioactive materials · 2024Review
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- Feasibility and safety of choledochotomy primary closure in laparoscopic common bile duct exploration without biliary drainage: a retrospective study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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6 authors.
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Abstract
The introduction of biliary plastic stents has been a landmark achievement in the field of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, ensuring minimally invasive and highly effective relief of the obstructed biliary system. Attempts to improve the patency and avoid complications after biliary plastic stenting have led to several innovations, but complications due to stent occlusion are still frequent. Because these complications are clinically relevant, and may guide stent choice and patient management, efforts have been made to elucidate the causes of and ways to prevent occlusion of indwelling stents. In this narrative review we focus on biliary plastic stents and discuss the mechanisms of stent occlusion, existing evidence on salient outcomes, as well as options to overcome existing limitations and prolong plastic stent patency.
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