Successful surgical removal of firmly impacted pancreatic duct stent: Two case report Recently, the self-expandable metallic and plastic stents are increasingly being used for management of different pancreatic disorders. The major indications for pancreatic stent placement are: pancreatic duct stones, chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic strictures, unresectable pancreatic cancer, preventing POPF and post-ERCP pancreatitis, papillary adenoma. Stent placement or retrieval and exchange is difficult process and sometimes it could be the serious clinical challenge. We report two cases of successful removal of firmly impacted pancreatic duct stent by open surgical intervention and transduodenal approach with lateral “side-to-side” pancreaticojejunostomy to prevent the risk of main pancreatic duct restenosis in the first case and with the sphincteroplasty in the second. Therefore, in these challenging cases of firmly impacted pancreatic duct stents, our choice seems to be the most optimal and effective surgical procedure, which could be considered like “parachute” option after failed attempts of stents removal by endoscopic and radiological procedures.
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