From: Plastic or metal stents for benign extrahepatic biliary strictures: a systematic review
Author | Year | N | Age (years (range)) | Women | Intervention | Route | Etiology stricture | Location obstruction |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prospective studies | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Holt et al [32] | 2007 | 53 | 48,5 (37-61) | 32 | single plastic stent | ERCP | post OLT | anastomosis |
Graziadei et al [30] | 2006 | 84 | 53,5 | 21 | single plastic stent | ERCP | post OLT | anastomosis (65) |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | non anastomosis (19) |
Pozsar et al [48] | 2005 | 20 | mean 61,3 (36-81) | 18 | multiple plastic stents | ERCP | post sphincterectomy | distal CBD |
Kuzela et al [45] | 2005 | 43 | mean 50,3 (37-82) | 25 | multiple plastic stents | ERCP | post operative | hilair |
Kahl et al [34] | 2003 | 61 | median 47 (21-81) | 15 | single plastic stent | ERCP | chronic pancreatitis (61) | CBD |
Tocchi et al [38] | 2000 | 20 | mean 57 | 10 | single plastic stent | ERCP | post operative | CBD (3) |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | hilair (17) |
van Milligen et al [40] | 1997 | 16 | median 43 (17-69) | 8 | single plastic stent | ERCP | psc | CBD (10) |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | hiliar (6) |
Retrospective studies | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Pasha et al [47] | 2007 | 25 | mean 46,7 (28-59) | 4 | multiple plastic stents | ERCP | post OLT | anastomosis |
Elmi et al [28] | 2007 | 15 | 52 year (42-68) | 9 | single plastic stent | ERCP | post OLT | anastomosis |
Akay et al [21] | 2006 | 11 | 42 (17-60) | 6 | single plastic stent | ERCP | post OLT | anastomosis |
Sharma et al [37] | 2006 | 8 | median 42 (20-61) | 3 | single plastic stent | ERCP | idiopathic | CBD (6) |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | hilair (2) |
Alazmi et al [22] | 2006 | 143 | unknown | unknown | single plastic stent | ERCP | post OLT | anastomosis |
Zoepf et al [42] | 2005 | 7 | median 55 (45-65) | unknown | single plastic stent | ERCP | post OLT | anastomosis |
Cahen et al [25] | 2005 | 58 | median 54 (19-85) | 10 | single plastic stent | ERCP | chronic pancreatitis | CBD |
Catalano et al [64] | 2004 | 46 | mean 48 (30-71) | 11 | 1 plastic stent (34) | ERCP | chronic pancreatitis | CBD |
 |  |  |  |  | multiple plastic stents (12) |  |  |  |
Morelli et al [46] | 2003 | 25 | mean 48 (18-72) | 9 | multiple plastic stents | Â | post OLT | anastomosis |
Hisatsune et al [31] | 2003 | 19 | 45 (14-67) | 9 | single plastic stent | ERCP | post OLT | anastomosis |
Eickhoff et al [27] | 2001 | 39 | mean 54,7 (32-81) | 7 | single plastic stent | ERCP | chronic pancreatitis (39) | CBD |
Bourke et al [43] | 2000 | 6 | mean 53 (20-64) | 3 | multiple plastic stents | ERCP | post sphyncterectomy | ampullary |
Khandekar et al [44] | 2000 | 17 | median 50 (17-68) | 13 | multiple plastic stents | ERCP | post sphyncterectomy (10) | CBD (14) |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  | papillotomy (2) | other (3) |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  | post operative (3) |  |
Vitale et al [41] | 2000 | 25 | mean 46,7 (36-89) | 7 | single plastic stent | ERCP | chronic pancreatitis | CBD |
Kiehne et al [35] | 2000 | 14 | (36-89) | 2 | single plastic stent | Â | chronic pancreatitis | CBD |
Farnbacher et al [29] | 2000 | 31 | 50 (24-71) | 3 | single plastic stent | ERCP | chronic pancreatitis | CBD |
Rossi et al [36] | 1998 | 15 | mean 44 (28-55) | 6 | single plastic stent | ERCP | post OLT (15) | anastomosis |
De Masi et al [26] | 1998 | 53 | unknown | unknown | single plastic stent | ERCP | iatrogenic (39) | CBD (20) |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  | gallstones (8) | hilair (30) |
Aru et al [23] | 1997 | 8 | mean 44 | 7 | single plastic stent | ERCP | post operative | CBD (7) |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | hilair (1) |
van Milligen et al [39] | 1996 | 25 | median 42 (21-74) | 13 | single plastic stent | ERCP | psc | CBD (19) |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | hilair (3) |
Itani et al [33] | 1995 | 5 | unknown | unknown | single plastic stent | ERCP | chronic pancreatitis | CBD |
Barthet et al [24] | 1994 | 19 | mean 49 | 1 | single plastic stent | ERCP | chronic pancreatitis | CBD |
Deviere et al [2] | 1990 | 25 | mean 42 (34-69) | 1 | single plastic stent | ERCP | chronic pancreatitis | CBD |