Fishing line assisted endoscopic placement of multiple plastic biliary stents for unresectable malignant hilar biliary obstruction: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Stent migration is one of the most common complications during the placement of multiple plastic biliary stents (MPBS) under endoscopy. This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and efficiency of the fishing line assisted (FLA) method for preventing the complication.

Methods

Patients with unresectable malignant hilar biliary obstruction (MHBO) who undergone endoscopic placement of MPBS using the FLA or conventional method from May 2018 to April 2021 in our center were enrolled in the study. The endpoints of this study were the stent migration rate, technical success rates, adverse events rates, times of stent migration, and the procedure time.

Results

FLA group (N = 19) and conventional group (N = 22) had similar baseline characteristics of the p

SUBMITTER: Zhang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8603567 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature