A randomized trial of endoscopic drainage methods for inoperable malignant strictures of the common bile duct

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Prat, F ^a   Chapat, O ^a   Ducot, B ^a   Ponchon, T ^a   Pelletier, G ^a   Fritsch, J ^a   Choury, A D ^a   Buffet, C ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; COMMON BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031883991     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(98)70291-3     Document Type: Article

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