Intimal hyperplasia within biliary Wallstents: failure of recanalisation by insertion of a second endoprosthesis

Autor: B J McKeown, I S Benjamin, W L Wong, A. Adam, P Jeer, B T Jackson
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: European Radiology. 9:630-633
ISSN: 1432-1084
0938-7994
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050722
Popis: We report two patients with benign biliary strictures in whom we attempted recanalisation of metallic biliary endoprostheses, occluded by intimal hyperplasia, by the insertion of further endoprostheses within the occluded stents. Initial technical success was achieved in deploying the stents and restoring patency with elimination of mural filling defects. However, we found the intimal hyperplasia to be restrained for less than 48 h. From our initial results it appears that biliary metallic stent occlusion by intimal hyperplasia is not effectively treated by insertion of a second endoprosthesis.
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