Sentence examples for using a plastic stent from inspiring English sources
Endoscopic retrograde biliary drainage (ERBD) by using a plastic stent is suggested to be as effective as endoscopic nasobiliary drainage (ENBD) for temporary biliary drainage in acute suppurative cholangitis (ASC).
EUS-guided transgastric/transduodenal gallbladder drainage by using a plastic stent and/or nasobiliary drainage may be an alternative effective treatment for these patients, but bile leakage into the peritoneal space causing bile peritonitis is not uncommon during placement of a plastic stent.
Endoscopic retrograde biliary drainage (ERBD) was performed using a plastic stent to reduce the pressure of the common bile duct.
Endoscopic retrograde biliary drainage was performed using a plastic stent to reduce the pressure of the common bile duct.
It is unknown whether use of a plastic stent in the opposite hepatic duct after deployment of an fcSEMS across the liver hilum provides an adequate solution for this problem.
Endoscopic biliary stenting with a plastic stent is often performed to prevent impaction of common bile duct (CBD) stones.
Those include an update today on the trial in humans of a plastic stent from Abbott Laboratories that is designed to be slowly absorbed by the body instead of remaining permanently in place, as current metal stents do.
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography was performed, and a plastic stent was placed in the bile duct for biliary drainage.
EPBD was performed for removing stones and placing a plastic stent into the bile duct.
One hundred and eight (56%) patients had a plastic stent in comparison to 86 (44%) patients who had metal stents (Table 1 and Figure 1).
