Kristina Candido, Simon Bouchard, Christopher Hansen-Barkun, Dora C Huang, Avijit Chatterjee, Charles Menard, Corey Miller, Gurpal Sandha, Fergal Donnellan, Jennifer Telford, Etienne Desilets, Nauzer Forbes, Andre Roy, Natalia Calo, Ian Gan, Eric Lam, Douglas Pleskow, Jeremy Liu Chen Kiow, Avi Sarker, Etienne Cadieux-Genesse, Avni Jain, Felix Louis, Mohammad Bilal, Pape-Mamadou Sene, Jehovan Fairclough, Jacqueline Reuangrith, Amine Benmassaoud, Olivia Geraci, Myriam Martel, Yen-I Chen
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Stent dysfunction is common following endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with self-expanding metal stent (SEMS) insertion in malignant distal biliary obstruction (MDBO). Chronic aspirin exposure (ASA-E) has been previously shown to potentially decrease this risk. We aim to further ascertain the protective effect of ASA and to identify other predictors of stent dysfunction. METHOD: Multicenter retrospective cohort study (9 Canada and 1 US)...
November 9, 2023: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy