Are biliary stents placed above the sphincter of Oddi really ineffective? [2] (multiple letters)

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 116-117

  Matsushita, Mitsunobu ^a   Hajiro, Kiyoshi ^a   Takakuwa, Hiroshi ^a   Nishio, Akiyoshi ^a  

^a TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033965749     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(00)70149-0     Document Type: Letter

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