Use of intraductal cholangioscopy devices to retrieve migrated pancreatic stents.

None The incidence of proximal pancreatic stent migration is unknown, though early studies report up to 5 %, with recently reported success rates of < 80 % for stent retrieval using conventional techniques [1]. Stent retrieval remains challenging owing to characteristically small pancreatic duct diameters, strictures, tortuous distal pancreatic duct course, stent location proximal to the genu, and small-caliber stents. Endoscopic retrieval of a migrated pancreatic stent under direct pancreatoscopy by use of a "snare over in-stent wire guide" method. [Extracted from the article]