Biflanged metal stents versus plastic stents for endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage of walled-off necrosis: a randomized controlled trial.

Krithi Krishna KoduriNitin Jagtap Sundeep Lakhtakia Jahangeer Basha Shujaath AsifRupjyoti TalukdarGuru TrikudanathanManu TandanRakesh KalapalaZaheer NabiRajesh GuptaMohan RamchandaniJagadish SinghSana Fatima MemonG Venkat RaoD Nageshwar Reddy

Published in: Endoscopy (2024)

BFMSs provide better reintervention-free clinical success at 4 weeks, with shorter hospital stay and without increased risks of AEs, compared with plastic stents for EUS-guided drainage of WON. Medium-term outcomes are however similar for both stent types.

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