January 13, 2009 — In patients with potentially resectable cancer of the pancreatic head who are suffering from obstructive jaundice, a standard treatment approach is to insert a stent into the ...

Please advise me on the length of time a catheter should be left in as a stent following biliary enteric anastomosis. The patient is doing well and the anastomosis is healing according to contrast ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Endoscopic sphincterotomy performed before endoscopic biliary stenting may prevent post-endoscopic retrograde ...

EATONTOWN, NJ - (Business Wire) - Flexible Stenting Solutions, Inc. (FSS), a leading developer of next generation peripheral arterial, venous, neurovascular and biliary stents, announced today that it ...

Natick, MA – Boston Scientific Corporation’s WallFlex® Biliary RX Fully Covered Stent has received Health Canada approval for the treatment of benign biliary strictures, which supplements its current ...

Does age count in pancreatic resection? An Irish experience. Background: The head of the pancreas is a common location for primary pancreatic tumour and therefore obstructive jaundice is a common ...

Endosonography-guided biliary drainage is a new method that enables internal drainage of bile. A research group performed histological examination of and around the fistula created by ESBD in a ...

The use of metal stents has significantly reduced the need for re-stenting and proven to be cost effective when compared to surgical biliary bypass. 23 The use of radiation therapy in conjunction with ...

Study to Compare Clinical Outcomes of Self-Expanding Metal Stents (SEMS) Versus Plastic Stents for the Treatment of Biliary Strictures Caused by Chronic Pancreatitis NATICK, Mass., The first patient ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has announced the top six leading vendors in their recent global biliary stents market report. This research report also lists 15 other prominent vendors that are ...