biliary first (group 1), simultaneous biliary and duodenal (group 2) and duodenal first (group 3). Endoscopic dual stent placement was possible in 100% of the patients in groups 1 and 3 and 86% of ...

Endoscopic placement ... There were no procedure-related deaths. Less severe complications included stent migration (5%), pain (2%), biliary obstruction (1%) and stent obstruction (17%).

Note that if you are not using a tourniquet, release of the distal antebrachial fascia should be performed at the end of the procedure to prevent bleeding from obscuring the endoscopic view.

improving patient comfort compared to standard stents. A study showed 95% of patients had no urinary reflux post-placement, with significant improvements in USSQ scores. The RELIEF stent demonstrated ...

preoperative biliary drainage (PBD) increases complications compared with surgery without PBD, demonstrated by a recent randomised controlled trial (RCT). This outcome might be related to the plastic ...

Objectives Interventional endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS ... were required to reach an agreement for each procedure; for celiac plexus ablations, five rounds of revisions were required; and biliary ...

The following day, the patient underwent the stenting procedure, with initial angiography post stent deployment revealing normal right ventricular contractility. However, approximately 3 min after ...

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