title: Endoscopic management of benign bile duct strictures.
abstract: The use of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for treating benign biliary strictures has become the standard of practice, with surgery and percutaneous therapy reserved for selected patients. The gold-standard endoscopic therapy is dilation of the stricture followed by placing and exchanging progressively larger and more numerable plastic stents over a 1-year period. Newer modalities, including the use of fully covered metal stents, are currently under investigation in an effort to improve the treatment of benign biliary strictures.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, South West Rochester, MN 55905, USA. baron.todd@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Todd H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Baron
authors.forename: Tomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Davee
mesh_terms: D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D015209:Cholangitis, Sclerosing / Q000150:complications; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D004106:Dilatation; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D050500:Pancreatitis, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D015607:Stents