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A novel approach with holmium laser ablation for endoscopic management of intrahepatic biliary stricture
Jianying Lou1, Qida Hu2, Tao Ma2
1Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 88 Jiefang Rd, Hangzhou, 310009, Zhejiang, China. loujianying@zju.edu.cn.
Background:
Hepatolithiasis, featuring high incidence, severe symptoms, and common recurrence, poses a heavy disease burden. Endoscopic management provides an opportunity to cure hepatolithiasis, but fails to properly resolve biliary stricture without additional interventional techniques. An innovative approach towards endoscopic management of biliary stricture is required.
Methods:
Holmium laser ablation was applied to biliary strictures via endoscopic access. Patients' demographic, operative, and follow-up data after receiving holmium laser ablation were retrospectively collected for analysis.
Results:
A total of 15 patients (4 males and 11 females) underwent stricture ablation by holmium laser via cholangioscopy. All the patients successfully received holmium laser ablation, indicating a technical success rate of 100%. No postoperative mortality or no major perioperative complication was observed. During the follow-up period, the recurrence-free rate was 73% at 2 years and 67% at 5 years.
Conclusions:
We successfully developed a novel technique of biliary stricture removal by cholangioscopic holmium laser ablation with satisfying clinical outcomes.
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