A biodegradable non-covered self-expandable stent to treat pancreatic duct strictures in chronic pancreatitis: a proof of principle

Cahen, Djuna L; Van der Merwe, Schalk; Laleman, Wim; Poley, Jan-Werner; Bruno, Marco J

doi:10.1016/j.gie.2017.08.018

A biodegradable non-covered self-expandable stent to treat pancreatic duct strictures in chronic pancreatitis: a proof of principle

Author:

Cahen, Djuna L

Van der Merwe, Schalk ; Laleman, Wim ; Poley, Jan-Werner ; Bruno, Marco J

Keywords:

Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, BENIGN BILIARY STRICTURES, EXPANDING METAL STENTS, LONG-TERM OUTCOMES, ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT, RANDOMIZED-TRIAL, ESOPHAGEAL STRICTURES, SURGICAL DRAINAGE, IN-VIVO, SAFETY, CHOLECYSTECTOMY, Absorbable Implants, Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde, Constriction, Pathologic, Female, Fibrosis, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pancreatic Ducts, Pancreatitis, Chronic, Proof of Concept Study, Prosthesis Failure, Prosthesis Implantation, Stents, Treatment Outcome, 1103 Clinical Sciences, 3202 Clinical sciences

Abstract:

In chronic pancreatitis (CP), fibrotic pancreatic duct (PD) strictures pose a therapeutic challenge, because endoscopic dilatation requires multiple procedures with suboptimal results. Biodegradable self-expandable stents (BD-SESs) may serve as an alternative in this setting.