Self-expanding metallic stent for benign biliary strictures: Seven-year follow-up

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 51, Issue 57, 2004, Pages 658-660

  Tsukamoto, Tadashi ^a   Hirohashi, Kazuhiro ^a   Kubo, Shoji ^a   Tanaka, Hiromu ^a   Hamba, Hiroyuki ^a   Shuto, Taichi ^a   Takemura, Shigekazu ^a   Kinoshita, Hiroaki ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benign biliary; Stent; Stricture

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE DUCT STONE; BILE FLOW; BILE LEAKAGE; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLESTASIS; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC DUCT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER LOBECTOMY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

AGED; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2342580161     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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