Safety and efficacy of argon plasma coagulation trimming of malpositioned and migrated biliary metal stents: A controlled study in the porcine model

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2025-2030

  Chen, Yang K ^a,b   Jakribettuu, Vaman ^a   Springer, Erik W ^a   Shah, Raj J ^a   Penberthy, Jeanine ^a   Nash, S Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITINOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; STENT; SWINE; THERMAL INJURY;

ANIMALS; BILE DUCTS; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STENTS; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748339002     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00744.x     Document Type: Article

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