There is a wide variety of stents used for different purposes, from expandable coronary, vascular and biliary stents, to simple plastic stents used to allow the flow of urine between kidney and ...

The global biliary stent market was valued at approximately USD 394.5 million in 2022 and is projected to grow at a healthy CAGR of over 5.5% during the forecast period from 2023 to 2030. Biliary ...

Overall, the technical success rate of bile duct stent placement is around 90–95%. 4 In 3–5% of patients the percutaneous transhepatic route must be used rather than the transduodenal route ...

All 12 patients with biliary strictures were treated with transpapillary polyethylene stents. The median duration of endoscopic therapy was 31 (5–399) days for patients with peripheral bile duct ...

avoiding placement of biliary stent through intact sphincter in patients with sphincter of Oddi dysfunction, and using soft-tipped guide wires to access bile ducts. Aggressive hydration ...