Endotherapy of postcholecystectomy biliary strictures (PCBS) with multiple plastic stents (MPSs): Long-term results in a large cohort of patients @GIE_Journal sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Methods & Design: 196 pts with benign biliary stricture (BBS) treated with endoscopic MPS identified retrospectively from ERCP database with a 7 year follow-up period. 
Results: in 154 patients, MPS treatment success rate was 96.7%
Early ERCP-related AEs occurred in 6/151 pts. PCBS recurrence rate was 9.4% after a mean follow-up time of 11.2 yrs. 16.5% of pts repeated ERCP due to cholangitis There was no procedure related mortality
Early ERCP-related AEs occurred in 6/151 pts. PCBS recurrence rate was 9.4% after a mean follow-up time of 11.2 yrs. 16.5% of pts repeated ERCP due to cholangitis There was no procedure related mortality
- Conclusion: MPSs could be considered effective& low cost 1st line treatment for PCBS
- Strengths: study looked at MPS treatment in PCBS exclusively + good follow-up data
- Limitations: Lack of control group + more data needed comparing FC-SEMS vs MPS for BBSs caused by PCBS
- Strengths: study looked at MPS treatment in PCBS exclusively + good follow-up data
- Limitations: Lack of control group + more data needed comparing FC-SEMS vs MPS for BBSs caused by PCBS
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