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DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY
Volume -, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/den.14669
Keywords
cholestasis; endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Klatskin; palliation
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This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of metal stents compared with plastic stents for bilateral side-by-side deployment in patients with malignant hilar biliary obstruction. The results showed that both groups had 100% technical success rates, but the mean time to recurrent biliary obstruction was significantly longer in the metal stent group, indicating that metal stents are superior to plastic stents in preventing biliary obstruction.
ObjectivesWe aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of metal stents compared with plastic stents when bilateral side-by-side stents were deployed for malignant hilar biliary obstruction (MHBO).MethodsFifty patients with unresectable advanced MHBO were randomly assigned to the metal stent (MS, n = 25) or plastic stent group (PS, n = 25). Fully covered self-expandable metal stents with 6 mm diameter and plastic stents with either 7F straight or double pigtail were used for MS and PS groups, respectively. Time to recurrent biliary obstruction (TRBO) was evaluated as the primary outcome.ResultsBoth groups had 100% technical success rates; 88% and 76% of clinical success rates were obtained in MS and PS, respectively. Although stent migrations were more frequent in MS than PS (48% vs. 16%, P = 0.02), the mean TRBO was significantly longer in MS (190 days; 95% confidence interval [CI] 121-260 days vs. 96 days; 95% CI 50-141 days, P = 0.02). The placement of plastic stents (hazard ratio 2.42; 95% CI 1.24-4.73; P = 0.01) was the only significant risk factor associated with TRBO in multivariable analysis. The rates of adverse events were similar between the two groups (difference 0%; 95% CI -25% to 25%; P > 0.99).ConclusionsDuring bilateral side-by-side deployment in MHBO, the use of metal stents appears to be preferable to plastic stents in terms of TRBO, despite a higher frequency of stent migration.
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