In vivo evaluation of a new bioabsorbable self-expanding biliary stent

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 777-784

  Ginsberg, Gregory ^a   Cope, Constantin ^b   Shah, Janak ^b   Martin, Tanisha ^b   Carty, Anthony ^b   Habecker, Perry ^b   Kaufmann, Carol ^b   Clerc, Claude ^b   Nuutinen, Juha Pekka ^b   Törmälä, Pertti ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BIOFILM; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LONG TERM CARE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPHINCTEROTOMY; STENT;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BILE DUCTS; BILIRUBIN; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS; SWINE;

EID: 10744227673     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(03)02016-9     Document Type: Article

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