Bilateral balloon expandable biodegradable stent (Y-stent) for postcholecystectomy perihilar biliary stricture
Sundeep Lakhtakia, Harsh Vardhan Tevethia, Pradev Inavolu, Sonam Shah, D. Nageshwar Reddy
Abstract
A 26-year-old woman had a complicated laparoscopic cholecystectomy 12 months earlier that led to biliary stricture (Fig. 1). She required multiple ERCP sessions with balloon dilation and incremental plastic stents over the past year, without resolution of biliary stricture.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineStentBalloonRadiologyBiliary drainageBiliary stentCholestasisSurgeryInternal medicineEsophageal and GI PathologyGallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersBiliary and Gastrointestinal Fistulas