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Fig. 3 | BMC Gastroenterology

Fig. 3

From: Comparison of the efficacy and safety between palliative biliary stent placement and duct clearance among elderly patients with choledocholithiasis: a propensity score-matched analysis

Fig. 3

Stent–stone complex. One patient in the palliative EBS group had stent–stone complex. He developed cholangitis 3 years after the initial ERCP stent placement. ERCP was performed again, and the stent ruptured upon removal (EBS, endoscopic biliary stenting; ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography)

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BMC Gastroenterology

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