Open AccessDilation of a severe bilioenteric or pancreatoenteric anastomotic stricture using a Soehendra Stent Retriever
Author(s) -
Koichiro Tsutsumi,
Hironari Kato,
Ichiro Sakakihara,
Naoki Yamamoto,
Yasuhiro Noma,
Shigeru Horiguchi,
Ryo Harada,
Hiroyuki Okada,
Kazuhide Yamamoto
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5190
DOI - 10.4253/wjge.v5.i8.412
Subject(s) - medicine , anastomosis , balloon dilation , surgery , radiology , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , stent , enteroscopy , stenosis , balloon , endoscopy , pancreatitis
Bilioenteric or pancreatoenteric anastomotic strictures often occur after surgery for a pancreaticobiliary disorder. Therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography using balloon enteroscopy has been shown to be feasible and effective in patients with such strictures. However, when a benign anastomotic stricture is severe, a dilation catheter cannot pass through the stricture despite successful insertion of the guidewire. We report on the usefulness of the Soehendra Stent Retriever over a guidewire for dilating a severe bilioenteric or pancreatoenteric anastomotic stricture under short double-balloon enteroscopy, in two patients with surgically altered anatomies.