The stent had migrated into the liver and essentially turned into a stone,” explained Dr Dipak Bhangale, consultant ...

Metal mesh biliary stents are said to occlude less frequently than plastic stents. However, they are not immune to occlusion, either from biliary sludge, epithelialization, or tumor ingrowth.

If you’ve had surgery to treat a condition in your bile ducts, pancreas, or gallbladder, a doctor may have inserted a bile duct or biliary stent. A biliary stent is a small tube that helps to ...

Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;6(1):105-114. When double-stent placement (duodenal and biliary) is considered, biliary stent placement can be performed either preceding or following ...

A biliary stent is a small tube that a doctor inserts into the liver to allow bile to drain typically and relieve symptoms of a blocked bile duct. A blocked bile duct may occur with liver cancer ...

an uncovered duodenal stent, an uncovered biliary stent, and an uncovered colorectal stent. Extrinsic dysphagia due to malignant lymphadenopathy (L) from lung cancer developed in this patient.

Endoscopic intervention has emerged to become the first line treatment for benign biliary strictures following liver transplantation. The current endoscopic approach involves repetitive dilatation ...