Randomised trial of self-expanding metal stents versus polyethylene stents for distal malignant biliary obstruction

The Lancet

Volumn 340, Issue 8834-8835, 1992, Pages 1488-1492

  Davids, P H P ^a   Groen, A K ^a   Rauws, E A J ^a   Tytgat, G N J ^a   Huibregtse, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; POLYETHYLENE; STAINLESS STEEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLESTASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGE; PALLIATIVE CARE; POLYETHYLENES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0026489489     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(92)92752-2     Document Type: Article

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