1. Utility and Safety of a Novel Fully Covered Metal Stent in Unresectable Distal Malignant Biliary Obstruction.
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Yamao K, Takenaka M, Ogura T, Hashimoto H, Matsumoto H, Yamamoto M, Ikeura T, Kurita A, Li ZL, Shiomi H, Chiba Y, Kudo M, and Sanuki T
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- Aged, Equipment Failure Analysis statistics & numerical data, Female, Humans, Japan epidemiology, Male, Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care, Prosthesis Failure, Recurrence, Bile Duct Neoplasms complications, Bile Duct Neoplasms epidemiology, Cholangitis diagnosis, Cholangitis etiology, Cholestasis diagnosis, Cholestasis etiology, Cholestasis surgery, Decompression, Surgical adverse effects, Decompression, Surgical instrumentation, Decompression, Surgical methods, Pancreatitis diagnosis, Pancreatitis etiology, Postoperative Complications diagnosis, Postoperative Complications etiology, Postoperative Complications mortality, Self Expandable Metallic Stents statistics & numerical data
- Abstract
Background: Self-expandable metal stents (SEMSs) are widely used in patients with distal malignant biliary obstruction. A SEMS that can avoid occlusion as much as possible is desirable., Aims: The aim of this multicenter single-arm prospective study was to assess the clinical effectiveness and safety of a novel fully covered braided SEMS., Methods: We enrolled consecutive patients with distal malignant biliary obstruction between February 2016 and November 2017 at ten tertiary-care medical centers., Results: We included 79 patients with a median age of 76 years; 47 (59.5%) patients were men. The technical and clinical success rate was 98.7% and 93.6%, respectively. Recurrent biliary obstruction occurred in 14 patients (17.9%); stent ingrowth, overgrowth, migration, and other occurred in five (6.4%), four (5.1%), four (5.1%), and one (1.3%) patients, respectively. All reinterventions in patients with recurrent biliary obstruction were successful via the transpapillary approach. Adverse events occurred in 15 patients (19.2%); cholangitis, pancreatitis, and others occurred in ten (12.8%), three (3.8%), and two (2.6%) patients, respectively. The stent patency probability at 6 months was 48.5%. Median time to stent patency was 171 days, median time to recurrent biliary obstruction was 536 days, and median survival time was 195 days., Conclusions: We confirmed the utility and safety of a novel fully covered braided SEMS with low axial force and high radial force in patients with malignance biliary obstruction. This novel SEMS is recommended in patients with distal malignant biliary obstruction.
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- 2020
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