Interventional radiology-operated endoscopy-assisted retrograde transnasal placement of a retrievable transhepatic covered biliary stent.

Radiol Case Rep

Department of Radiology, Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University of Michigan Health Systems, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.

Published: February 2018

Biliary stent placement is an adjunct for complex biliary intervention. Patients with benign biliary strictures or aversion to external drainage may benefit from placement of retrievable biliary stents. This report describes a patient with a working diagnosis of benign biliary stricture who underwent interventional radiology-operated endoscopy-guided transnasal placement of a fully covered retrievable biliary stent.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5851435PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.10.009DOI Listing

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