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Review
. 2016 Mar;49(2):124-30.
doi: 10.5946/ce.2016.023. Epub 2016 Feb 25.

Current Status of Biliary Metal Stents

Hyeong Seok Nam  1 , Dae Hwan Kang  1
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Review

Current Status of Biliary Metal Stents

Hyeong Seok Nam et al. Clin Endosc. 2016 Mar.

Abstract

Many advances have been achieved in biliary stenting over the past 30 years. Endoscopic stent placement has become the primary management therapy to relieve obstruction in patients with benign or malignant biliary tract diseases. Compared with plastic stents, a self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS) has been used for management in patients with malignant strictures because of a larger lumen and longer stent patency. Recently, SEMS has been used for various benign biliary strictures and leaks. In this article, we briefly review the characteristics of SEMS as well as complications of stent placement. We review the current guidelines for managing malignant and benign biliary obstructions. Recent developments in biliary stenting are also discussed.

Keywords: Benign; Biliary stenting; Malignant; Self expandable metallic stents.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no financial conflicts of interest.

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Fig. 1.
Palliative biliary drainage in hilar cholangiocarcinoma Bismuth II to IV. Adapted from Rerknimitr et al., with permission from John Wiley and Sons [52]. a)Endoscopic approach may be considered as the initial strategy in actual clinical practice at many centers.
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