Spontaneous disappearance of common bile duct stones following the insertion of a new dumbbell-shaped, covered self-expandable metallic stent in a patient with benign biliary stricture

Yuto Ishizaki; Mitsuru Sugimoto; Tadayuki Takagi; Rei Suzuki; Naoki Konno; Hiroyuki Asama; Yuki Sato; Hiroki Irie; Yoshinori Okubo; Jun Nakamura; Mika Takasumi; Minami Hashimoto; Tsunetaka Kato; Ryoichiro Kobashi; Takuto Hikichi; Hiromasa Ohira

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4093

Spontaneous disappearance of common bile duct stones following the insertion of a new dumbbell-shaped, covered self-expandable metallic stent in a patient with benign biliary stricture

Clin Case Rep. 2021 May 4;9(5):e04093. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4093. eCollection 2021 May.

Authors

Yuto Ishizaki¹, Mitsuru Sugimoto¹, Tadayuki Takagi¹, Rei Suzuki¹, Naoki Konno¹, Hiroyuki Asama¹, Yuki Sato¹, Hiroki Irie¹, Yoshinori Okubo^{1

2}, Jun Nakamura^{1

2}, Mika Takasumi¹, Minami Hashimoto^{1

2}, Tsunetaka Kato^{1

2}, Ryoichiro Kobashi¹, Takuto Hikichi^{1

2}, Hiromasa Ohira¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine Fukushima Medical University Fukushima Japan.
² Department of Endoscopy Fukushima Medical University Hospital Fukushima Japan.

Abstract

The new dumbbell-shaped, covered self-expanding metallic stent can efficiently remove the choledocholiths in cases with common bile duct (CBD) strictures; moreover, it may potentially prevent a positional displacement and contribute to the better improvement of the CBD stricture.

Keywords: benign biliary stricture; chronic pancreatitis; common bile duct stones.

Publication types

Case Reports