Malignant biliary obstruction: Management with percutaneous metallic stent placement

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 29, 1999, Pages 2764-2771

  Brountzos, Elias N ^a,b,c   Petropoulos, Emanuel ^b   Kelekis, Nikolaos L ^a   Magoulas, Dimitrios ^b   Alexopoulou, Efthymia ^a   Kagianni, Eleni ^b   Kelekis, Dimitrios A ^a  

^a Dept of Radiol of Eugenidion U H ^*  (Greece)

^b METAXA CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c Evgenidion Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Malignant biliary obstruction; Metallic stents; Percutaneous biliary drainage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE DUCT PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MALE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; STENT; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILIARY TRACT NEOPLASMS; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLESTASIS, EXTRAHEPATIC; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETREATMENT; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032698159     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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