Role of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in the management of benign biliary strictures: What's new?

ABSTRACT: Benign biliary strictures comprise a heterogeneous group of diseases. The most common strictures amenable to endoscopic treatment are post-cholecystectomy, post-liver transplantation, related to primary sclerosing cholangitis and to chronic pancreatitis. Endoscopic treatment of benign biliary strictures is widely used as first line therapy, since it is effective, safe, noninvasive and repeatable. Endoscopic techniques currently used are dilation, multiple plastic stents insertion and fully covered self-expandable metal stents. The main indication for dilation alone is primary sclerosing cholangitis related strictures. In the vast majority of the remaining cases, temporary placement of multiple plastic stents with/without dilation is considered the treatment of choice. Although this approac

SUBMITTER: Ferreira R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4766255 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature