Kozakai F, Kanno Y, Koshita S, Ogawa T, Kusunose H, Sakai T, Yonamine K, Miyamoto K, Okano H, Matsuoka Y, Hosokawa K, Sumiya H, Ito K
Background/Aims: Endoscopic biliary drainage using self-expandable metallic stents (SEMSs) for malignant biliary strictures occasionally induces acute cholecystitis (AC). This study evaluated the efficacy of prophylactic gallbladder stents (GBS) during SEMS...