Biflanged metal stents versus plastic stents in the endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage of walled-off necrosis: a randomized controlled trial.
Krithi Krishna KoduriNitin JagtapSundeep LakhtakiaJahangeer BashaShujaath AsifRupjyoti TalukdarGuru TrikudanathanManu TandanRakesh KalpalaZaheer NabiRajesh GuptaMohan RamchandaniJagadish SinghSana Fatima MemonGuduru Venkat RaoNageshwar D ReddyPublished in: Endoscopy (2024)
The BFMS provides higher reintervention free clinical success at 4 weeks with shorter hospital stay without increased risk of adverse events compared to plastic stents for EUS-guided drainage of WON. Medium term outcomes are however similar in both BFMS, and plastics stents.