Biliary stents: models and methods for endoscopic stenting

J.-M. Dumonceau; D. Heresbach; J. Devière; G. Costamagna; U. Beilenhoff; A. Riphaus

doi:10.1055/s-0030-1256315

Endoscopy 2011; 43(7): 617-626
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1256315

Review

Biliary stents: models and methods for endoscopic stenting

European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Technology ReviewJ.-M. Dumonceau¹ , D. Heresbach² , J. Devière³ , G. Costamagna⁴ , U. Beilenhoff⁵ , A. Riphaus⁶

¹Service of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
²Department of Digestive Diseases, SMAD, Rennes, France
³Department of Gastroenterology and Hepato-Pancreatology, Hôpital Universitaire Erasme, Brussels, Belgium
⁴Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Policlinico A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy
⁵ESGENA, Ulm, Germany
⁶Department of Medicine, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Abstract

Biliary stenting is widely used to palliate malignant obstruction or to treat benign biliary diseases. Recently, the most important changes have related to self-expandable metal stents (SEMSs), which are now available in a wide variety of designs, and to treatment techniques. This article is part of a combined publication that expresses the current view of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) about endoscopic biliary stenting: a technology review describes the stent models and stenting techniques, and a separate clinical guideline states the evidence and recommendations regarding stenting.

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