Temporary use of an accuflex stent for unextractable common bile duct stones

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 680-683

  Mizukami, Yusuke ^a,b   Saito, Hiroya ^a   Obara, Takeshi ^b   Arisato, Satoshi ^a   Nakano, Yasuhiro ^a   Sakurai, Yasuo ^a   Izawa, Tsutomu ^a,b   Kohgo, Yutaka ^b  

^a Asahikawa Kosei General Hospital   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accuflex stent; Common bile duct stones; Expandable metallic stent

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT STONE; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BILIARY TRACT ENDOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CELL VIABILITY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033935656     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2000.02200.x     Document Type: Article

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