Highlight Duodenal invasion has been reported to be a risk factor for early biliary stent dysfunction in patients with pancreatic cancer. Mandai and colleagues describe their method of transpapillary biliary drainage using a long plastic stent as a potentially useful treatment option to avoid early stent dysfunction in such patients.
Keywords: drainage; duodenum; endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; pancreatic cancer; stent.
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