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World J Clin Cases. Nov 6, 2023; 11(31): 7521-7529
Published online Nov 6, 2023. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i31.7521
Endoscopic management of benign biliary strictures: Looking for the best stent to place
Matteo Colombo, Edoardo Forcignanò, Leonardo Da Rio, Marco Spadaccini, Marta Andreozzi, Carmelo Marco Giacchetto, Silvia Carrara, Roberta Maselli, Piera Alessia Galtieri, Gaia Pellegatta, Antonio Capogreco, Davide Massimi, Kareem Khalaf, Cesare Hassan, Andrea Anderloni, Alessandro Repici, Alessandro Fugazza
Matteo Colombo, Leonardo Da Rio, Marco Spadaccini, Marta Andreozzi, Carmelo Marco Giacchetto, Silvia Carrara, Roberta Maselli, Piera Alessia Galtieri, Gaia Pellegatta, Antonio Capogreco, Davide Massimi, Cesare Hassan, Alessandro Repici, Alessandro Fugazza, Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Division of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano 20089, Milan, Italy
Edoardo Forcignanò, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Torino 10124, Piemonte, Italy
Marco Spadaccini, Roberta Maselli, Cesare Hassan, Alessandro Repici, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele 20089, Milan, Italy
Kareem Khalaf, Division of Gastroenterology, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto M5B1T8, Ontario, Canada
Andrea Anderloni, Endoscopy Unit, First Department of Internal Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia 27100, Italy
Author contributions: Colombo M, Forcignanò E, Da Rio L, and Spadaccini M performed the literature search and drafted the manuscript; Andreozzi M, Giacchetto CM, Carrara S, Maselli R, Galtieri PA, Pellegatta G, Capogreco A, Massimi D, and Khalaf K contributed to the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; Hassan C, Anderloni A, Repici A, and Fugazza A critically revised the draft for important intellectual content and and gave final approval to the draft; all authors have read and approved the final manuscript version.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest for this article.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Marco Spadaccini, MD, Doctor, Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Division of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital, IRCCS, No. 56 Via Manzoni, Rozzano 20089, Milan, Italy. marco.spadaccini@humanitas.it
Received: June 15, 2023
Peer-review started: June 15, 2023
First decision: July 18, 2023
Revised: August 10, 2023
Accepted: October 17, 2023
Article in press: October 17, 2023
Published online: November 6, 2023
Core Tip

Core Tip: The aim of this narrative review is to describe the best treatment for benign biliary strictures caused by the most common diseases. Our attention will be focused on the evaluation of the different types of stents currently available in the market, their main characteristics, and the most relevant technological innovations.