Post written by Giuseppe Vanella, MD, from the Pancreatobiliary Endoscopy and Endosonography Division, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, and Chiara Coluccio, MD, from the Gastroenterology Department, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy. Our study delves into the pivotal topic of biliary stent selection in the management of distal malignant biliary obstruction (dMBO). Specifically, we compared outcomes of …
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Endoscopic repair of surgically transected bile duct using overlapping covered metal stents
Post written by Thomas Tielleman, MD, from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA. This is a case of a 48-year-old man who underwent cholecystectomy complicated by hemoperitoneum requiring take-backs to the operating room. A complete bile duct transection ultimately complicated the surgeries. Cholangiography from ERCP and percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography confirmed a large …
Long-term treatment of an ischemic jejunal stricture: Is stenting a viable option?
Post written by Andrew Canakis, DO, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. In this video case report, we describe endoscopic management of a long, ulcerated, ischemic jejunal stricture in a patient with an extensive surgical history for weight loss and colon cancer who presented with chronic …
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Covered versus uncovered metal stents for malignant gastric outlet obstruction
Post written by Alberto Tringali, MD, Deborah Costa, MD, Andrea Anderloni, MD, Silvia Carrara, MD, Alessandro Repici, MD, and Douglas G. Adler, MD, from the Endoscopy Unit, Conegliano Hospital Italy, Conegliano, Italy, the Endoscopy Unit, Humanitas Hospital, Milan, Italy, and the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. …
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Recalcitrant embedded biliary self-expanding metal stents
Post written by Marc Bernon, MB, ChB, FCS, from the Surgical Gastroenterology Unit, Division of General Surgery, University of Cape Town Health Sciences Faculty and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. Endoscopic placement of self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) is the palliative treatment of choice for obstructive jaundice due to malignant biliary obstruction. However, a …
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Bilateral vs unilateral placement of metal stents for inoperable high-grade malignant hilar biliary strictures
Post written by Tae Hoon Lee, MD, PhD, and Jong Ho Moon, MD, PhD, from the Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan Hospital, and the Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea. There is no definite consensus on whether bilateral placement of metal …
EUS-guided drainage using metal stents
Ryosuke Tonozuka, MD, from the Depatment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Tokyo Medical University in Tokyo, Japan discusses this New Methods article "EUS-guided drainage of hepatic abscess and infected biloma using short and long metal stents (with videos)." Refractory hepatic abscess (HA) and infected biloma (IBL), in which inflammation does not improve only by the …
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