Clinical application of the retrograde track method in reopening dysfunctional biliary stents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Biliary stent dysfunction is challenging to treat in clinic. The retrograde track method (RTM) has a promising clinical application in the reopening of dysfunctional biliary stents. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical value of the RTM in reopening dysfunctional biliary stents.

Methods

From February 2013 to January 2020, 151 patients underwent percutaneous transhepatic biliary interventional procedures for reopening dysfunctional biliary stents at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, and 25 patients (12 females, 13 males; mean age 63.12 years old) underwent the RTM after anterograde reopening dysfunction biliary stent failure. Technical success, clinical success, irradiation dose, procedure time, complications, and overall survival (OS) were

SUBMITTER: Hou R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11007521 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature