Crisscross-configured dual stent placement for trisectoral drainage in patients with advanced biliary hilar malignancies.

Purpose: To evaluate technical success and clinical efficacy of crisscross-configured dual biliary stent implantation in patients with a biliary hilar tumor extending beyond the segmental ducts.

Materials And Methods: Between January 2002 and December 2006, two metallic stents were placed crossing each other in a hepatic hilum in 42 patients. One stent was placed between one right sectoral duct and the left hepatic duct and the other was placed between another right sectoral duct and the common bile duct.

[Serum ALT and HBV DNA levels in patients with HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B].

Background/aims: HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B (CHB) has a poor long-term prognosis. Since no precise clinically relevant HBV thresholds are known in HBeAg-negative CHB, the decision to treat is difficult. The aim of this study was to evaluate the levels of serum HBV DNA and transaminase and to investigate the correlation of these values in patients with HBeAg-negative CHB.