Single-session Multiple Stent Deployment Using Moving Cell Stent Without Dilating Initial Stent Mesh to Treat Malignant Hilar Biliary obstruction (with Videos)

Background: Malignant hilar biliary obstruction (MHBO) can be treated with bilateral self-expandable metal stents (SEMS) deployed using side-by-side (SBS) or stent-in-stent (SIS) techniques. Moving cell stents (MCS) are a novel type of SEMS. The present study evaluated the technical feasibility of treating MHBO using bilateral novel uncovered SEMS to insert an SIS technique without dilating the mesh of a first stent within a single session.

Method: We retrospectively assessed patients who were complicated with obstructive jaundice due to MHBO between August and December 2018. Technical success was defined as the deployment of a bilateral MCS into two or more biliary tracts using SIS technique without a dilation device.

Results: The present study analyzed data from 23 consecutive patients who were complicated with MHBO. Bilateral SIS technique with MCS was deployed in 22 (95.6%) of the 23 patients without dilating the mesh of the first stent. Multiple guidewire insertion failed in one patient with Bismuth-type IV. The median procedural duration was 33.6 min. Time to recurrent biliary obstruction was 230 days. Severe adverse events were not seen in any patients.

Conclusion: In conclusion, uncovered moving cell SEMS might facilitate bilateral stent deployment using SIS technique.