title: Stent selection for both biliary and pancreatic strictures caused by chronic pancreatitis: multiple plastic stents or metallic stents?
abstract: Endoscopic stenting is an effective treatment option in the management of both benign biliary strictures and pancreatic ductal strictures. Plastic stents and self-expandable metal stents have been used with variable success for the management of both benign biliary strictures and pancreatic ductal strictures caused by chronic pancreatitis. Fully covered self-expandable metal stents of improved design represent a major technological advance which has added to the endoscopic armamentarium. Both multiple plastic stents and covered self-expandable metal stents have shown promising results. However, data to support the use of self-expandable metal stents over multiple plastic stents or vice versa are still lacking.
authors.affiliation: Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, 6-3-661, Somajiguda, Hyderabad 500 082, India.
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: D Nageshwar
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Reddy
mesh_terms: D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000601:surgery*; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000601:surgery*; D050500:Pancreatitis, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents