Metallic stents and plastic endoprostheses in percutaneous treatment of biliary obstruction

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 503-510

  Beissert, Matthias ^a   Wittenberg, G ^a   Sandstede, J ^a   Beer, M ^a   Tschammler, A ^a   Burghardt, W ^a   Jahns, R ^a   Hahn, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bile Ducts; Interventional Procedure Bile Ducts; Stenosis or Obstruction Bile Ducts; Stents and Endoprostheses

Indexed keywords

GLASS; PLASTIC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOPROSTHESIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCLUSION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC DRAINAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PLASTICS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036335439     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-32806     Document Type: Article

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