Endoscopic biliary stenting for the palliation of pancreatic cancer: Results, survival predictive factors, and comparison of 10-French with 11.5-French gauge stents

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2179-2184

  Pereira Lima, Julio C ^a   Jakobs, Ralf ^a   Maier, Matthias ^a   Benz, Claus ^a   Kohler, Bernd ^a   Riemann, Jürgen F ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CHOLESTASIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029820571     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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