Research Article

10 Fr S-Type Plastic Pancreatic Stents in Chronic Pancreatitis Are Effective for the Treatment of Pancreatic Duct Strictures and Pancreatic Stones

Table 1

Patient characteristics.


Gender, male/female47/12
Age, median (ranges)56 (25–81)
Etiology
 Alcoholic (%)51 (86.4)
 Not alcoholic (%)8 (13.6)
 (Idiopathic/iatrogenic)(7/1)
Stricture location
 Head/body/head + body/Santorini duct48/6/3/2
Pancreatic stone location
 Single/diffuse16/43
Smoke, yes/no53/6