According to the journal article price et al 2009 (geenen ps) ¿ ¿good stents gone bad: endoscopic treatment of proximally migrated pancreatic duct stents¿.Surgical stents were placed in the pd anastomosis during surgery for the following conditions: pancreatic cancer (6), intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (3), and choledochal cyst (1).Surgical stents were standard, small, straight, 3f, geenen stents (cook medical, bloomington, ind).Off-label use (10 patients): surgically altered anatomy and prophylactic use.Liver abscess (1 patient): of the 8 stents within the biliary tree, 1 was complicated by a liver abscess.
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