Long-term outcome of endoscopic multiple stenting for postoperative benign biliary stenosis

Introduction: One of the most important targets of endoscopic biliary stenting is the postoperative biliary stricture. Endoscopic stenting with multiple endoprothesis for a long period can provide definitive resolution of biliary duct stenosis, however, long term follow-up results are lacking. Patients: 33 patients (age range: 28–86yrs) were treated for postoperative biliary duct stricture (PBDS). 22 of them were previously reported at 15.2 months of mean follow-up time and continued to be checked regularly and 11 patients were followed-up for only 2 years since that time. Various etiologies of PBDS were found:…