Plastic
Biliary Stent Migration During Multiple Stents Placement and Successful Endoscopic Removal Using Intra-Stent Balloon Inflation Technique: A Case Report and Literature Review.
This patient also had a metallic
biliary stent placed which increases the incidence of acute pancreatitis as compared to routine PTBD.
Brightwater Medical recently received FDA clearance for the ConvertX
biliary stent system.
The advantage with ERCP is its additional therapeutic role in clearing concomitant bile duct stones and insertion of a
biliary stent or nasobiliary catheter both of which may serve a temporising role and may help in intra-operative identification of the CBD.
Biliary stent placement with adequate drainage is usually sufficient, but direct clipping (the last is typical for the cases with periampullary perforations) may also be useful (4,14,24,27).
In cases of thoracobilliary fistula, conservative approaches and placement of a
biliary stent has been favored.
(2) There have been significant advances in stent technology since the first plastic endoscopic
biliary stent was placed in 1979.
On the contrary, with the Nelaton tube
biliary stent, the biliary pressure decompressed without loss of bile, and this may explain the early PO regain of bowel movements and decrease in the PO morbidities [14].
Another type, the biodegradable
biliary stent, has been proposed for use in hemobilia, but it has only been studied in patients with biliary strictures following hepaticojejunostomy procedures thus far (thereby potentially avoiding the need for cumbersome repeat ERCP); however, the longterm ductal patency after the use of biodegradable stents has not been studied yet [58].
A
biliary stent was placed via ERCP, and the gastrostomy was converted to a gastrostomy tube for retrieval of the stent after leak resolution at 6 weeks.
Endoscopic retrograde of cholangiopancreatography revealed distal common bile duct stricture of 3 cm without obstruction, for which a
biliary stent was placed.
A
biliary stent was inserted, and a specimen for cytological test was collected by brushing the biliary ducts.