Clinical evaluation of the Haber RAMP™ catheter for endoscopic bilateral metal stent placement in patients with malignant hilar strictures

Digestive Endoscopy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-33

  Hayashi, Kazuki ^a   Okayama, Yasutaka ^a   Naito, Itaru ^a   Hirai, Masaaki ^a   Kitajima, Yasuhiro ^a   Okamoto, Tetsu ^a   Akita, Shinji ^a   Gotoh, Kazuo ^a   Sano, Hitoshi ^b   Ohara, Hirotaka ^b   Joh, Takashi ^b   Yokoyama, Yoshifumi ^b   Itoh, Makoto ^b  

^a GIFU PREFECTURAL TAJIMI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopic bilateral expandable metal stent placement; Haber RAMP catheter; Malignant hilar strictures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; LIVER HILUS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10744232365     PISSN: 09155635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2004.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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