Effect of Covered Metallic Stents Compared With Plastic Stents on Benign Biliary Stricture Resolution

摘要

IMPORTANCEEndoscopic placement of multiple plastic stents in parallel is the first-line treatment for most benign biliary strictures; it is possible that fully covered, self-expandable metallic stents (cSEMS) may require fewer endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography procedures (ERCPs) to achieve resolution.