title: Plastic biliary stents for benign biliary diseases.
abstract: Biliary plastic stenting plays a key role in the endoscopic management of benign biliary diseases. Complications following surgery of the biliary tract and liver transplantation are amenable to endoscopic treatment by plastic stenting. Insertion of an increasing number of plastic stents is currently the method of choice to treat postoperative biliary strictures. Benign biliary strictures secondary to chronic pancreatitis or primary sclerosing cholangitis may benefit from plastic stenting in select cases. There is a role for plastic stent placement in nonoperative candidates with acute cholecystitis and in patients with irretrievable bile duct stones.
authors.affiliation: Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Gemelli University Hospital, Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Gemelli 8, Roma 00168, Italy.
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Perri
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Familiari
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tringali
authors.forename: Ivo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Boskoski
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Costamagna
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects; D015209:Cholangitis, Sclerosing / Q000628:therapy*; D041881:Cholecystitis, Acute / Q000628:therapy*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D004724:Endoscopy; D042882:Gallstones / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D050500:Pancreatitis, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D010969:Plastics; D015607:Stents
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics