Unilateral versus bilateral endoscopic hepatic duct drainage in patients with malignant hilar biliary obstruction: Results of a prospective, randomized, and controlled study

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 547-553

  De Palma, Giovanni D ^a,b   Galloro, Giuseppe ^a   Siciliano, Saverio ^a   Iovino, Paola ^a   Catanzano, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT TUMOR; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

AGED; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CHOLESTASIS; DRAINAGE; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035344080     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2001.113381     Document Type: Article

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