Endoscopic palliation of patients with biliary obstruction caused by nonresectable hilar cholangiocarcinoma: Efficacy of self-expandable metallic Wallstents

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-39

  Cheng, John L S ^a,b   Bruno, Marco J ^a,b   Bergman, Jacques J ^a,b   Rauws, Erik A ^a,b   Tytgat, Guido N ^a,b   Huibregtse, Kees ^a,b  

^a Academic Medical Center ^*

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE LEAKAGE; CANCER STAGING; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; MALE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BILE DUCT TUMOR; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHOLESTASIS; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CHOLESTASIS; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS;

EID: 0036637279     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2002.125364     Document Type: Article

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