Endoscopic irradiation and parallel arrangement of Wallstents for hilar cholangiocarcinoma

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 415-419

  Kubota, Yoshitsugu ^a   Takaoka, Makoto ^a   Kin, Hideyuki ^a   Ogura, Mami ^a   Yamamoto, Shin ^a   Tsuji, Kazuyuki ^a   Yanagitani, Kaori ^a   Inoue, Kyoichi ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bile ducts; Interventional procedure; Neoplasms; Prostheses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; COMMON BILE DUCT; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GUIDE WIRE; HEPATIC DUCT; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

AGED; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; STENTS;

EID: 0031982142     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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