Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;6(1):105-114. When double-stent placement (duodenal and biliary) is considered, biliary stent placement can be performed either preceding or following ...

Overall, the technical success rate of bile duct stent placement is around 90–95%. 4 In 3–5% of patients the percutaneous transhepatic route must be used rather than the transduodenal route ...

There were no procedure-related deaths. Less severe complications included stent migration (5%), pain (2%), biliary obstruction (1%) and stent obstruction (17%). Survival data were available for ...

The following is a summary of "Risk of post-ERCP pancreatitis due to placement of biliary self-expandable metal stents (SEMS): a single-center retrospective study," published in the March 2025 issue ...

gall bladder and bile duct — commonly known as a Whipple procedure. Moss had previously went under the knife on Thanksgiving to have a stent — a "small mesh tube used to hold open passages in ...