Endoscopic stenting in obstructive jaundice due to liver metastases: Does it have a benefit for the patient?

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 944-948

  Pereira Lima, J C ^a,b   Jakobs, R ^a   Maier, M ^a   Kohler, B ^a   Benz, C ^a   Martin, W R ^a   Riemann, J F ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endoprosthesis; ERCP; Liver metastases; Obstructive jaundice

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON TUMOR; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE TUMOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; STENT; STOMACH TUMOR;

AGED; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLESTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029793501     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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