A severe complication of the new self-expanding spiral nitinol biliary stent

Endoscopy

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 413-415

  Pescatore, P ^a,b   Meier Willersen, H J ^a   Manegold, B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; NICKEL; TITANIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DUODENUM OBSTRUCTION; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

EID: 0030874612     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1004226     Document Type: Article

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