A prospective randomized study of hydrophilic polymer-coated polyurethane versus polyethylene stents in distal malignant biliary obstruction

Endoscopy

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 478-482

  Van Berkel, A M ^a   Bruno, M J ^a   Bergman, J J G H M ^a   Van Deventer, S J H ^a   Tytgat, G N J ^a   Huibregtse, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; POLYETHYLENE; POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STENT; SURVIVAL; VATER PAPILLA CARCINOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLESTASIS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; COMMON BILE DUCT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENES; POLYURETHANES; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038380278     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-39666     Document Type: Article

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