Endoscopic removal and trimming of distal self-expandable metallic biliary stents

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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 7, 2011; 17(21): 2652-2657
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Table 1 Characteristics of patients

	Total	Stent removal	Stent trimming
No. patients	27	19	8¹
Sex (male/female)	17/10	13/6	4/4¹
Mean age, yr, (range)	68.1 (43-91)	66.9 (43-91)	70.9 (54-90)
Etiology of biliary strictures
Pancreatic carcinoma	17	12	5
Biliary ductal carcinoma	3	2	1
IPMC	1	0	1
Lymph node metastasis²	1	0	1
Chronic pancreatitis	2	2	0
MFP	2	2	0
AIP	1	1	0
Type of SEMS
Uncovered Wallstent	2	1	1
Covered SEMS	25	18	7
Covered Wallstent (Partially covered type)	7	4	3
Niti-S Biliary ComVi Stent (Partially covered type)	2	1	1
Niti-S Biliary ComVi Stent (Fully covered type)	14	11	3
Niti-S Biliary Covered Stent with removal suture	2	2	0

¹Including 3 cases with impossible stent removal;

²Due to cancer of the uterine body. IPMC: Intraductal papillary mucinous carcinoma; MFP: Mass-forming pancreatitis; AIP: Autoimmune pancreatitis; SEMS: Self-expandable metallic stent.

Citation: Ishii K, Itoi T, Sofuni A, Itokawa F, Tsuchiya T, Kurihara T, Tsuji S, Ikeuchi N, Umeda J, Moriyasu F, Tsuchida A. Endoscopic removal and trimming of distal self-expandable metallic biliary stents. World J Gastroenterol 2011; 17(21): 2652-2657
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