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Long term treatment of biliary stricture due to chronic pancreatitis with a metallic stent
P Hastier1, J M Buckley, E P Peten
1Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Hôpital de l'Archet II, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Nice, France.
The American Journal of Gastroenterology
|July 16, 1999
Abstract:
The exact role of endoprostheses in the management of chronic pancreatitis-associated biliary strictures has not yet been clearly established. We report an unusual case of a patient with this condition who was treated for an unexpectedly long term with a self-expanding metallic endoprosthesis. There has only been one previous report of the use of metallic stents in this situation. It appears that metallic endoprostheses may have a role to play in the management of selected patients who have chronic pancreatitis-associated bile duct stricture.