Gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to erosion of the duodenal wall by a biliary stent

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-71

  Dunshea, Tim J ^a   Little, A F ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biliary; Stent

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMMON BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; DUODENUM MUCOSA; DUODENUM ULCER; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; STOMACH EROSION; ULCER HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLESTASIS; DUODENUM; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; STENTS;

EID: 15244340774     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2005.01401.x     Document Type: Article

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