Long-term results of endoscopic drainage of common bile duct strictures in chronic pancreatitis.

Objectives: Endoscopic stent therapy is an established treatment modality for postoperative biliary strictures. At present, biliary stenting is also widely applied in chronic pancreatitis (CP), but results regarding long-term outcome are scarce.

Methods: All CP patients who underwent endoscopic biliary drainage of a benign stricture in our hospital between 1987 and 2000 were included in this retrospective study.