Do common bile duct stones become smaller after endoscopic biliary stenting?
CBD stones became smaller after stenting. As the difficulty of stone extraction increases with stone size, a period of stenting may make subsequent removal easier for patients with large or difficult CBD stones.
The results of our study suggest that a diagnostic approach combining TBNA and TBLB is safe and effective in the setting of stage I and II sarcoidosis. It also confirmed the value of TBNA, with excellent diagnostic yields especially in stage I of the disease.