Malignant biliary obstruction: Treatment with ePTFE-FEP-covered endoprostheses - Initial technical and clinical experiences in a multicenter trial

Radiology

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-42

  Schoder, Maria ^a   Rossi, Plinio ^a   Uflacker, Renon ^a   Bezzi, Mario ^a   Stadler, Alfred ^a   Funovics, Martin A ^a   Cejna, Manfred ^a   Lammer, Johannes ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bile duct radiography; Bile ducts; Interventional procedures; Neoplasms; Stenosis or obstruction; Stents and prostheses

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLITEF;

ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC DUCT; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036788309     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2251011744     Document Type: Article

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