Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;6(1):105-114. When double-stent placement (duodenal and biliary) is considered, biliary stent placement can be performed either preceding or following ...

Fine needle aspiration of any mass should be performed only in patients who are stable and do not require urgent biliary decompression. ERCP and stent placement or nasobiliary drainage are equally ...

Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;6(1):105-114. When parallel stent deployment is considered, after guidewire placement on both sides, a plastic stent is first placed and a SEMS deployed on ...

Obstructive jaundice is often the first symptom of malignant disease of the pancreas (for example, pancreatic ampullary carcinoma and carcinoma of the papilla of Vater). As jaundice increases, it ...

requiring urgent treatment with antibiotics and stent replacement. Currently, medical providers monitor biliary stent blockages through blood tests, meaning the problem must be significant enough ...