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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Health-Care Utilization and Complications of Endoscopic Esophageal Dilation in a National Population [PDF]
Clinical Endoscopy, 2017 Background/Aims Esophageal stricture is usually managed with outpatient endoscopic dilation. However, patients with food impaction or failure to thrive undergo inpatient dilation.
Abhinav Goyal +3 more
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Role of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Guided Brush Cytology in Evaluation of Malignant Biliary Tract Strictures: Experience of a Tertiary Care Teaching Centre in Northern India [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018 Introduction: Endoscopic Retrograde CholangioPancreatography (ERCP) is a gold standard procedure for evaluation of biliary tract lesions. There is a need to obtain a timely diagnosis without subjecting patient who harbours benign disease to major ...
Preeti Agarwal +7 more
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Innovative Upper Gastrointestinal Stenting: Reboring the Blocked Path
European Medical Journal Gastroenterology, 2022 Self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) have been established beyond doubt as an effective tool in the palliative management of malignant gastrointestinal tract strictures.
Abhijith Bale +4 more
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How Can We Differentiate Malignant Biliary Strictures from Clinically Indeterminate Biliary Strictures? [PDF]
Clinical Endoscopy, 2019 Eui Joo Kim, Jae Hee Cho
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Frequency of malignant biliary strictures in Upper Egypt: a pilot study
The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2019 Background and aim Biliary strictures are challenging clinical condition for gastroenterologists, radiologists, and surgical specialists. We aimed to find out the frequency of malignant biliary strictures in our institutions.
Adnan A Mohamed +4 more
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Restenting malignant oesophageal strictures
Journal of British Surgery, 1998 Abstract Background Self-expanding metal stents are used to palliate malignant strictures of the oesophagus. This study was designed to identify the characteristics of patients requiring restenting of malignant oesophageal strictures. Methods
N R, Lagattolla +3 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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Recent advances of diagnostic approaches for indeterminate biliary tract obstruction
International Journal of Gastrointestinal Intervention, 2021 Patients with indeterminate biliary stricture frequently pose a challenge in the clinical management. Discrimination between benign and malignant biliary strictures is important to prevent the morbidity and mortality associated with incorrect diagnoses ...
Sang-Woo Cha
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Indications for Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Pancreatic Drainage: For Benign or Malignant Cases?
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2018 Background and Aims. Recurrent pancreatitis associated with pancreatic strictures requires treatment with endoscopic retrograde pancreatography (ERP), but it is sometimes technically unsuccessful. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatic drainage (EUS-PD)
Daisuke Uchida +10 more
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