Percutaneous metallic self-expandable endoprostheses in biliary obstruction caused by metastatic cancer

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 785-791

  Kaskarelis, Ioannis S ^a,b   Minardos, Ioannis A ^a   Abatzis, Polidoros P ^a   Malagari, Katerina S ^a   Vrachliotis, Thomas G ^a   Natsika, Margarita K ^a   Kouris, Spyros G ^a   Roubis, Kostas G ^a   Vrachliotis, George T ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Malignant biliary obstruction; Metallic biliary endoprostheses; Metastatic disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE DUCT PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOBILIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; CHOLESTASIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; STENTS;

EID: 0029796264     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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