Results of percutaneous plastic stents for malignant distal biliary obstruction following failed endoscopic stent insertion and comparison with current literature on expandable metallic stents

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 775-780

  Doctor, N ^a   Dick, R ^a   Rai, R ^a   Dafnios, N ^a   Salamat, A ^a   Whiteway, H ^a   Dooley, J ^a   Davidson, B R ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bile duct interventional procedure; Bile duct stents and prostheses; Biliary tract neoplasm; Extra hepatic bile duct obstruction

Indexed keywords

METAL; PLASTIC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CHOLANGITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032774155     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199907000-00016     Document Type: Article

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