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Refractory benign biliary stricture due to chronic pancreatitis in two patients treated using endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy fistula creation: case reports

  • Sho Ishikawa (Department of Gastroenterology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital) ;
  • Nozomi Okuno (Department of Gastroenterology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital) ;
  • Kazuo Hara (Department of Gastroenterology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital) ;
  • Nobumasa Mizuno (Department of Gastroenterology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital) ;
  • Shin Haba (Department of Gastroenterology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital) ;
  • Takamichi Kuwahara (Department of Gastroenterology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital) ;
  • Yasuhiro Kuraishi (Department of Gastroenterology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital) ;
  • Takafumi Yanaidani (Department of Gastroenterology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital)
  • Received : 2022.05.13
  • Accepted : 2022.07.22
  • Published : 2024.01.30
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Abstract

Benign biliary stricture (BBS) is a complication of chronic pancreatitis (CP). Despite endoscopic biliary stenting, some patients do not respond to treatment, and they experience recurrent cholangitis. We report two cases of CP with refractory BBS treated using endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy (EUS-CDS) fistula creation. A 50-year-old woman and a 60-year-old man both presented with obstructive jaundice secondary to BBS due to alcoholic CP. They underwent repeated placement of a fully covered self-expandable metal stent for biliary strictures. However, the strictures persisted, causing repeated episodes of cholangitis. Therefore, an EUS-CDS was performed. The stents were eventually removed and the patients became stent-free. These fistulas have remained patent without cholangitis for more than 2.5 years. Fistula creation using EUS-CDS is an effective treatment option for BBS.

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