Multiple stents for calibration of pancreatic strictures in chronic pancreatitis

Introduction: Pancreatic duct stenting is an established procedure for chronic pancreatitis with dominant stricture at the head region. However, stent-induced lesions, dislocation, occlusion, even sepsis can occur. Method: During a 6 years period 56 pancreatic stentings in 25 patients were performed in our institution. In 17 cases when multiple stent placement seemed feasible in one setting or after some days of nasopancreatic lavage we used 2–3 10 French teflon plastic stents (MTW) to calibrate the pancreatic stenosis to achieve permanent resolution of the stricture. Mean age of the 3 females and 22 males was 5…