Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: The Role of Cholangioscopy and Biliary Radio Frequency Ablation in the Management of Occluded Biliary Self-expanding Metal Stent.
Brief Summary:
Primary Objective: To document state-of- the-art multi-modality management of occluded biliary SEMS aiming to minimize number of reinterventions while providing symptom relief without procedure-related serious adverse events.
NOTE: This study will be hypothesis-generating for an anticipated randomized controlled study (RCT) to compare outcomes of placement of a plastic stent inside the occluded SEMS to outcomes of the proposed multi-modality approach.