title: Placement of a fully covered self-expandable metal stent in a young patient with chronic pancreatitis.
abstract: Plastic stent insertion is a treatment option for pancreatic duct stricture with chronic pancreatitis. However, recurrent stricture is a limitation after removing the plastic stent. Self-expandable metal stents have long diameters and patency. A metal stent has become an established management option for pancreatic duct stricture caused by malignancy but its use in benign stricture is still controversial. We introduce a young patient who had chronic pancreatitis and underwent several plastic stent insertions due to recurrent pancreatic duct stricture. His symptoms improved after using a fully covered self-expandable metal covered stent and there was no recurrence found at follow-up at the outpatient department.
authors.affiliation: Kyong Joo Lee, Kwang Joon Kim, Dong Ho Shin, Joo Won Chung, Jeong Youp Park, Seungmin Bang, Seung Woo Park, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, South Korea.
authors.forename: Kyong Joo
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kwang Joon
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dong Ho
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Joo Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Jeong Youp
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Seungmin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bang
authors.forename: Seung Woo
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Si Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Song