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DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-985747
Use of the Viabil Covered Stent in the Treatment of a Benign Biliary Stricture with the Subsequent Development of Acute Pancreatitis
Publication History
Publication Date:
03 September 2007 (online)
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ABSTRACT
The use of bare metal stents for benign biliary strictures is typically avoided due to historically poor long-term patency. Thus, in patients who are not surgical candidates, the management of benign biliary strictures can be a frustrating process. This article describes a patient who developed a common bile duct stricture following a complex endovascular thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair. The stricture was treated with the placement of a covered metallic biliary stent; a procedure complicated by the development of acute pancreatitis.
KEYWORDS
Common bile duct stricture - Viabil covered stent - pancreatitis
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Charles T BurkeM.D.
Department of Radiology, CB#7510, 101 Manning Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7510