Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;6(1):105-114. When double-stent placement (duodenal and biliary) is considered, biliary stent placement can be performed either preceding or following ...

Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Chan Medical School has become the first medical center to complete a procedure using the WallFlex Biliary PLUS RX Fully Covered Stent. The procedure was performed by ...

The following is a summary of "Risk of post-ERCP pancreatitis due to placement of biliary self-expandable metal stents (SEMS): a single-center retrospective study," published in the March 2025 issue ...

Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;6(1):105-114. When parallel stent deployment is considered, after guidewire placement on both sides, a plastic stent is first placed and a SEMS deployed on ...

Biofilm on a 3D-structured hernia mesh was reduced by 84% after treatment, while 87% of bacteria on a metal biliary stent were killed. Professor Zhang added, "Our team pioneered dual-modality ...

Lucknow: Doctors highlighted role of advanced imaging techniques in enabling early and accurate diagnosis of liver and bile ...

Surgical treatment for older adults with acute cholecystitis was associated with reduced readmissions and emergency department revisits. Patients in clinical equipoise had similar mortality rates, ...

Endoscopic biliary stenting is a well-recognised method of palliation of malignant biliary obstruction. Distal stent migration causing duodenal perforation is an uncommon complication of this ...