Tsutsumi K, Kato H, Sakakihara I, Yamamoto N, Noma Y, Horiguchi S, Harada R, Okada H, Yamamoto K. Dilation of a severe bilioenteric or pancreatoenteric anastomotic stricture using a Soehendra Stent Retriever. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2013; 5(8): 412-416 [PMID: 23951398 DOI: 10.4253/wjge.v5.i8.412]
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Koichiro Tsutsumi, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama-city, Okayama 700-8558, Japan. tsutsumi@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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Koichiro Tsutsumi, Hironari Kato, Ichiro Sakakihara, Naoki Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Noma, Shigeru Horiguchi, Ryo Harada, Kazuhide Yamamoto, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
Hiroyuki Okada, Department of Endoscopy, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
Author contributions: Tsutsumi K, Kato H, Sakakihara I, Yamamoto N, Noma Y, Horiguchi S and Harada R designed the research; Okada H and Yamamoto K finally approved the paper; Tsutsumi K wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Koichiro Tsutsumi, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama-city, Okayama 700-8558, Japan. tsutsumi@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp
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Received: June 4, 2013 Revised: July 7, 2013 Accepted: July 17, 2013 Published online: August 16, 2013 Processing time: 69 Days and 12.8 Hours
Abstract
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.
Core tip: The Soehendra Stent Retriever can be useful for the dilation of severe, tight bilioenteric or pancreatoenteric anastomotic strictures over a guidewire, and it is available for endoscopic dilation even under short double-balloon enteroscopy for patients with surgically altered anatomies.
