Validity and safety of endoscopic biliary stenting for biliary stricture associated with IgG4-related pancreatobiliary disease during steroid therapy

Validity and safety of endoscopic biliary stenting for biliary stricture associated with IgG4-related pancreatobiliary disease during steroid therapy

Background Patients with IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis and autoimmune pancreatitis frequently develop obstructive jaundice, which requires endoscopic biliary stenting (EBS) during steroid therapy to prevent bile duct infection from cholestasis and adverse steroid effects. However, it is contro...

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Main Authors: Yasuhiro Kuraishi, Takashi Muraki, Norihiro Ashihara, Makiko Ozawa, Akira Nakamura, Takayuki Watanabe, Tetsuya Ito, Hideaki Hamano, Shigeyuki Kawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2019-10-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-0966-8494

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