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GE: Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology, 2022 Background and Aims: Benign esophageal strictures often present with dysphagia and can significantly impair a patient’s quality of life, especially when refractory to standard endoscopic techniques.
Andrew Canakis +6 more
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Magnetic Compression Anastomosis for the Treatment of Post-Transplant Biliary Stricture [PDF]
Clinical Endoscopy, 2020 A number of different conditions can lead to a bile duct stricture. These strictures are particularly common after biliary operations, including living-donor liver transplantation.
Sung Ill Jang, Jae Hee Cho, Dong Ki Lee
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Benign bile duct strictures [PDF]
Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 2012 Bile duct stricture is an uncommon but challenging clinical condition that requires a multidisciplinary approach for management. The diagnosis of biliary stricture is often missed or delayed because of its indolent course, with up to 20% of patients presenting with subtle clinical manifestations 1 year after the initial injury.
U S, Dadhwal, Vipon, Kumar
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Advanced Biomedical Research, 2021 Background: Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is a noninvasive method to detect pancreaticobiliary strictures. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of MRCP and detect sensitive and specific radiologic features ...
Niloufar Shabanikia +2 more
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Endoscopic electroincision of challenging benign biliopancreatic strictures
Endoscopy International Open, 2022 Background and study aims Endoscopic drainage of benign biliary and pancreatic strictures can be challenging, especially when tightness of the stenosis does not allow passage of mechanical and pneumatic dilation catheters.
Andrea Tringali +5 more
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Endoscopy International Open, 2016 Background and aims: Self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) are safe and effective for endoscopic management of malignant gastrointestinal strictures, but there is limited experience with their use in refractory benign strictures.
Shounak Majumder +8 more
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Identification of a serum biomarker panel for the differential diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma and primary sclerosing cholagnitis [PDF]
, 2018 The non-invasive differentiation of malignant and benign biliary disease is a clinical challenge. Carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), leucine-rich α2-glycoprotein (LRG1), interleukin 6 (IL6), pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2), cytokeratin 19 fragment (CYFRA21.1)
Blyuss, O +9 more
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Biodegradable esophageal stents in benign and malignant strictures – a single center experience
Endoscopy International Open, 2016 Background and study aims: Biodegradable (BD) esophageal stents were recently developed mainly for refractory benign strictures, but experience and available literature are limited. Patients and methods: This was a retrospective observational
Dimitrios E. Sigounas +2 more
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Endoscopy International Open, 2019 Background and study aims Stent migration is a common complication of fully-covered self-expanding metal stents (FCSEMS), but the rate of clinically relevant migration as defined by stent migration followed by reintervention via endoscopy for stent ...
Samuel Thomas +7 more
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Percutaneous transhepatic balloon dilatation of benign biliary strictures. [PDF]
, 1987 Between February 1981 and June 1984, 15 patients with benign biliary strictures were treated with percutaneous transhepatic balloon dilatation. Three of these patients had received liver transplants.
Bron, KM +4 more
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