Distal Biliary Stent Migration in Patients with Irretrievable Bile Duct Stones: Long-Term Comparison Between Straight and Double-Pigtail Stents.

Gregorios A PaspatisVasilios PapastergiouAfroditi MpitouliMagdalini VelegrakiPinelopi NikolaouMaria FragkakiEvangelos VoudoukisAngeliki TheodoropoulouGregorios ChlouverakisEmmanouil VardasKonstantina D Paraskeva

Published in: Digestive diseases and sciences (2022)

In a setting of prolonged stenting for IBDS, the probability of DSM appears to be higher when a double-pigtail stent is used and in younger patients. A relative anti-migratory advantage of double-pigtail over straight stents appears negligible in this study.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
antiplatelet therapy