Review
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2016.
World J Gastrointest Endosc. Feb 25, 2016; 8(4): 220-231
Published online Feb 25, 2016. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v8.i4.220
Table 1 Etiology of benign biliary strictures
Post-operative injuries
Cholecystectomy
Liver transplantation
Hepatic resection
Biliary anastomosis
Biliary reconstruction
Biliary enteric anastomosis
Inflammatory
Chronic pancreatitis
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Autoimmune pancreatitis
Choledocholithiasis
Immunoglobulin G4 cholangiopathy
Infections (recurrent bacterial cholangitis, tuberculosis, histoplasmosis, schistosomiasis, HIV, parasites)
Postradiation therapy
Others
Ischemic (hypotension, hepatic artery thrombosis, portal biliopathy)
Trauma
Mirizzi syndrome
Postbiliary sphincterotomy
Endoscopic sclerotherapy for duodenal ulcer bleeding