A prospective randomized trial of Teflon versus polyethylene stents for distal malignant biliary obstruction

Endoscopy

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 681-686

  Van Berkel, A M ^a,b   Boland, C ^a   Redekop, W K ^a   Bergman, J J G H M ^a   Groen, A K ^a   Tytgat, G N J ^a   Huibregtse, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; POLITEF; POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; PANCREAS CANCER; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031735955     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1001388     Document Type: Article

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