Endoscopic management of biliary disease.
Therapeutic biliary endoscopy continues to evolve. Key articles this year primarily involve biliary stenting and biliary stone removal, the two important maneuvers available to the biliary endoscopist. The issues addressed in this review include follow-up after the use of multiple stents for benign strictures, unilateral versus bilateral stenting for Klatskin tumors, stent types and placement positions, the timing and approach to choledocholithiasis in the context of anticipated cholecystectomy, and resistant biliary duct stones.
Barnett
Jeffrey L
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University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA. jbarnett@umich.edu