Ultrasonography-guided endoscopic stent placement for malignant biliary obstruction: A preliminary report of four cases

Endoscopy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 334-336

  De Palma, G D ^a,b   Puzziello, A ^a   Rega, M ^a   Mastantuono, L ^a   Persico, F ^a   Patrone, F ^a   Persico, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT CANCER; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BILIARY TRACT ENDOSCOPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VATER PAPILLA CARCINOMA;

AGED; BILIARY TRACT NEOPLASMS; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLESTASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SAFETY; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 1842555518     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-814307     Document Type: Article

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