Fully Covered Self-expandable Metal Stents (FCMS) in Benign Biliary Strictures

Launched by SOCIÉTÉ FRANÇAISE D'ENDOSCOPIE DIGESTIVE · Apr 2, 2014

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ClinConnect Summary

After inclusion, an endoscopic procedure (ERCP) was performed in all patients in order to place a FCMS across the benign biliary stricture. The FCMS was left in place for 6 months and then extracted during a second ERCP procedure. An opacification was performed to assess the efficacy of stenting. Patients were followed up during one year after FCMS extraction.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • a history of liver transplantation, chronic pancreatitis or biliary surgery
• • impairment of liver function tests such as elevated liver enzymes and/or cholestasis
• • a biliary stricture associated with ductal dilation detected by US, CT or MRI, with a minimum distance of 2cm between the upper stricture's edge and the lower limit of the main biliary confluence or liver hilum .
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • an uncertainty about the benign nature of the stricture
• • an intra-hepatic cholangitis and/ or a stricture extending beyond the hilum