Temporary Placement of Covered Self Expandable Metal Stents in Benign Biliary Strictures: Long Term Results

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

“…Stent migration occurred in 4/50 patients in the covered SEMS group. Long−term results on the use of covered SEMS in 79 patients with benign biliary strictures were reported by Kahaleh et al [9]. The end points of the study were efficacy, morbidity, and clinical response.…”