RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Biliary strictures: endoscopic assessment and management
JF Frontline Gastroenterology
JO Frontline Gastroenterol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 133
OP 137
DO 10.1136/flgastro-2016-100773
VO 8
IS 2
A1 Paranandi, Bharat
A1 Oppong, Kofi W
YR 2017
UL http://fg.bmj.com/content/8/2/133.abstract
AB The diagnosis of biliary strictures can be challenging. Endoscopy has an established role in the diagnosis and therapy of biliary strictures. However, the diagnostic yield from conventional endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography tissue sampling is modest. Improvements in existing technologies as well as the implementation of novel technologies and techniques have the potential to improve the diagnostic performance of endoscopy and expand its therapeutic role. Recent studies have enabled greater clarity about the role of preoperative biliary drainage and the choice of stents in this setting as well as the utility of metal stents in benign and malignant disease.