Multiple stents in pancreatic strictures of chronic pancreatitis: is it worth the effort?

• References

• 1 Cremer M, Devière J, Delhaye M. et al. Stenting in severe chronic pancreatitis: results of medium-term follow-up in seventy-six patients. Endoscopy 1991; 23: 171-176
• 2 Eleftheriadis N, Dinu F, Delhaye M. et al. Long-term outcome after pancreatic stenting in severe chronic pancreatitis. Endoscopy 2005; 37: 223-230
• 3 Dumonceau JM, Delhaye M, Tringali A. et al. Endoscopic treatment of chronic pancreatitis: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) guideline – Updated August 2018. Endoscopy 2019; 51: 179-193
• 4 Korpela T, Udd M, Lindstrom O. et al. Fully covered self-expanding metal stents for benign refractory pancreatic duct stricture in chronic pancreatitis. Scand J Gastroenterol 2019; 54: 365-370
• 5 Tringali A, Vadalà di Prampero SF. et al. Fully covered self-expandable metal stents to dilate persistent pancreatic strictures in chronic pancreatitis: long-term follow-up of a prospective study. Gastrointest Endosc 2018; 88: 939-946
• 6 Costamagna G, Pandolfi M, Mutignani M. et al. Long-term results of endoscopic management of postoperative bile duct strictures with increasing number of stents. Gastrointest Endosc 2001; 54: 162-168
• 7 Dumonceau JM, Tringali A, Papanikolaou IS. et al. Endoscopic biliary stenting: choice of stents and results: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) clinical guideline – Updated October 2017. Endoscopy 2018; 50: 910-930
• 8 Papalavrentios L, Musala C, Gkolfakis P. et al. Multiple stents are not superior to single stent insertionfor pain relief in patients with chronic pancreatitis: a retrospective comparative study. Endosc Int Open 2019; 07: E1595-E1604