RANDOMISED TRIAL OF ENDOSCOPIC VERSUS PERCUTANEOUS STENT INSERTION IN MALIGNANT OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE

The Lancet

Volumn 330, Issue 8550, 1987, Pages 57-62

  Speer, AntonyG ^a,b   Christopher, R ^a,b   Russell, G ^a,b   Hatfield, AdrianR W ^a,b   Macrae, KennethD ^a,b   Cotton, PeterB ^a,b   Mason, RichardR ^a,b   Leung, JosephW C ^a,b   Houghton, Joan ^a,b   Lennon, ChristinaA ^a,b  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT STENT; DUODENOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; THERAPY;

AGED; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DRAINAGE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0023275778     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(87)92733-4     Document Type: Article

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