“…Sometimes, tight strictures allowed only guidewire access, but defied 5.5‐Fr catheter advancement and conventional balloon dilation. In this situation, Chen et al reported the usage of Soehendra stent retriever (SSR; Cook Medical Inc., Winston‐Salem, NC) to screw such tight strictures followed by conventional balloon dilation . In the case series, all severe duct strictures were successfully dilated using an SSR followed by balloon dilation and stenting with plastic stents.…”