Digestive Endoscopy in Diagnosis and Treatment of Biliary Stricture / 胃肠病学

ABSTRACT

Biliary stricture refers to reduction of biliary tract patency caused by various factors,and can be divided into benign and malignant biliary strictures.Different treatments are taken based on the etiology and type of biliary tract diseases.Surgical treatment is the main treatment for biliary stricture diseases in the past.However,with the wide application of endoscopic therapy,it begins to play an important role in the treatment of biliary tract diseases.This article reviewed the application of digestive endoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of biliary stricture.