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Stent Removal (Plastic and Metal)

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Pancreatic and biliary stents are widely used for a variety of benign and malignant conditions causing obstruction of the bile duct or pancreatic duct. In this chapter, we discuss removal of biliary and pancreatic stents, including indications for removal, techniques of removal, and complications. Difficult stent removal is sometimes challenging; so, knowing the techniques to overcome the difficulties is fundamental to resolve the most difficult cases. These techniques should be known by any biliopancreatic endoscopist together with indications and timing to remove the stents correctly.

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  1. Cleveland Clinic, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Feng Li & Prabhleen Chahal

  2. Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega, Valladolid, Spain

    Manuel Perez-Miranda

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  1. Digestive and Interventional Endoscopy Unit, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Piazza dell’Ospedale Maggiore, Milano, Italy

    Massimiliano Mutignani

  2. Hepatologie und Endokrinologie, Abteilung für Gastroenterologie, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Auerbachstraße, Stuttgart, Germany

    Jörg G. Albert

  3. Department of Gastroenterology, Azienda USL di Forlì-Cesena, Bologna, Italy

    Carlo Fabbri

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Li, F., Chahal, P., Perez-Miranda, M. (2020). Stent Removal (Plastic and Metal). In: Mutignani, M., Albert, J.G., Fabbri, C. (eds) Endotherapy in Biliopancreatic Diseases: ERCP Meets EUS. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42569-2_23

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