Diamond stents for palliation of malignant bile duct obstruction: A prospective multicenter evaluation

Endoscopy

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 645-650

  Ferlitsch, A ^a   Oesterreicher, C ^a   Dumonceau, J M ^b   Deviere, J ^b   Leban, T ^c   Born, P ^c   Rosch T ^c   Suter, W ^d   Binek, J ^d   Meyenberger, C ^d   Mullner M ^a   Schneider, B ^a   Schofl R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Kantonshospital St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLESTASIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; DRAINAGE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034898168     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-16214     Document Type: Article

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